With their 128-115 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, the Los Angeles Lakers just submitted their latest nominee in an increasingly crowded field of “worst loss of the year” candidates for the team, and Rajon Rondo was fairly matter-of-fact while speaking about it after the game.
Rondo knows the time for excuses about what led the Lakers to this point is over. They’re either going to come together and make the playoffs, or they won’t, as he outlined to Dave McMenamin of ESPN when talking about the team’s recent defensive struggles:
“We have no other choice,” Rondo said of the defense.