The Los Angeles Lakers appear to be in free fall after losing their third consecutive game Wednesday night, falling 110–96 to the Miami Heat.
A three-game losing streak on its own isn’t reason for panic, but zoom out and the Lakers have lost eight of their past 10 games and have gone 3–9 since winning the NBA in-season tournament on Dec. 9. That’s dropped their season record to 17–18 and the No. 10 spot in the Western Conference.
Wednesday’s loss looked even worse with LeBron James having his worst game of the season. The Lakers star scored only 12 points while shooting 6 of 18 from the field, including 0 for 6 from three-point range.