The Raptors are on to their third game of a six-game west coast road trip and, well, so far it’s not going so well. On Monday night it was a tough giveaway loss to the Spurs; on Wednesday night, a melt job against the incandescent Warriors. So then, 0-2 with four more games to go.
Fortunately tonight, the Raptors see the seesawing Lakers, a team without the same kind of championship pedigree discipline. What Los Angeles has instead is a lot of whipsaw moving parts. There’s whatever Brandom Ingram is trying to be, there’s human dunk machine Larry Nance, and of course there’s the Lonzo Ball Show (featuring LaVar Ball).