Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, or whomever runs her X account, surely was looking to put a positive spin on things following the Lakers’ season-ending loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.
Instead, the mayor may have accidentally rubbed salt in the wounds of the team and its fans.
A season that began with high hopes for the Lakers ended in frustrating fashion, with Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray hitting a game-winning 14-foot jump shot with 3.6 seconds remaining in Game 5 of the teams’ first-round Western Conference playoff game.