SI.com · Apr 6, 2022
The Lakers Are In Ruins
So this is how it ends for the Lakers, unofficially anyway, with an 11-point loss, with LeBron James on the bench in street clothes and a hobbled Anthony Davis looking like he belonged next to him, with its aging roster getting boat raced by a younger, more athletic one, with its 74th season as an NBA franchise ending as perhaps its most humiliating.
The Lakers will not make the playoffs.
They will not make the play-in.
After this weekend, they are going home.
“Extremely disappointing,” said Frank Vogel.
Said Carmelo Anthony, “This was a season that we just didn’t get it done.”