The Los Angeles Lakers' loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday night was perhaps the most stunning of the NBA season. As alleged championship contenders the Lakers shouldn't lose games to a sub-.500 Eastern Conference team, of course. But that wasn't what made it stunning; rather, it was the manner in which L.A. lost.
The Bulls made a furious comeback in the final 30 seconds of the game. They were only given the opportunity to do so because the Lakers made mistakes. LeBron James was a primary perpetrator of those mistakes and owned up to them after the game. That doesn't make it any less painful for the purple and gold to have lost a winnable game thanks to errors from superstars.
