DENVER — The Lakers season ended last spring inside Denver's arena, the Lakers leaving the building and heading into an offseason of certain change.
It was at the final buzzer of that game that word of Frank Vogel's eventual firing went public, undoubtedly a regrettable first step toward the change the Lakers sought after finishing 11th in the West.
On Wednesday they returned to Denver with new coach Darvin Ham, seven new players and a bunch of the same problems, the vibes inside the locker room undeniably bad just four games into the season.
