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The Los Angeles Lakers had their season come to an ugly end last night in Dallas where they lost to the Mavs, 128-110, in a game that was never as close as that final score (they once trailed by 37 points!) and was embarrassing throughout for a team that didn’t have LeBron James, Anthony Davis or any hope.
With that loss we can officially stop talking about the Lakers because let’s face it – they aren’t doing anything special this year. The loss dropped them to 11th in the Western Conference and out of the play-in position with seven games to go.
