For the team Mosley’s Magic beat on Saturday night, there’s one trend staring at them in bold print: 36 second-chance points. The Lakers were mostly an uninspired mess in Orlando, a team beset by all kinds of problems in a 120-101 loss to the Magic. Teams have outscored the Lakers 117-54 on second-chance points through six games this season, a crippling deficiency that they’ve had to fight against each time they’ve played. The Lakers, again, were short-handed, their regular rotation hit hard for the second straight game. Taurean Prince missed his second game in a row with what the Lakers are calling “patellar tendonitis.” Rui Hachimura is still in concussion protocols.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2023 02:47 UTC