Panicked? Not Frank Vogel.
“At the end of the day,” said Vogel, “it’s really about the practice work we’re putting in.”
Concerned? Not LeBron James.
“I care more about the practice court,” said James, “than I care about preseason games.”
Bothered? After committing nine turnovers in a preseason loss to the Suns last week, Westbrook, smiling, said “Good thing they don’t count.”
The NBA season opens on Tuesday, and the Lakers have all the momentum of the Titanic. L.A. completed a winless preseason last week. The last time the Lakers didn’t win a preseason game: 2012, when Dwight Howard and Steve Nash joined Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles.