After an awful road trip in which the Los Angeles Lakers lost six of seven games, the team was happy to come home for a Christmas Day showdown against their crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. After a slow start, Luke Walton’s team turned things around and came out with an 111-102 win.
The win ended a four-game losing streak for the Lakers and an 11-game losing streak against the Clippers. After the win, Walton spoke about the Lakers really needing it considering their recent slide, according to Bill Oram of the OC Register:
“It was needed,” Walton said.