LOS ANGELES — Maybe it was how it happened that set off Darvin Ham, the Lakers head coach clearly disappointed not only in his team's loss but in the overall approach.
"Energy, effort and urgency — we've been writing those words on our board," Ham said. "We should know what the circumstances are. It's no reason, no excuse for us to come out and not have that against a team that we're competing for to try to get a [playoff] spot. You saw the way they played. They were up in our chest all night. There were times, until the very end when we woke up and got aggressive, it just seemed liked we were on our heels.
"And we can't have that, especially when you're sitting in the position we're sitting in and trying to get to where we're trying to get to."
