Lakers are creeping towards mediocrity.  To think you can put that many injury prone or old players on a team and to think it will work just because of names is crazy.  I can see them actually struggling to get in the home game first series (top 4).  West is loaded this year.  Jazz, Nuggets, gs, and clips/Suns better than them.

^ The most embarrassing quadruple double of all. This is why some people question his ability as a point guard. Up by as many as 26 points and still losing the game with those stats, this is probably the most embarrassing loss in his career. At least he's part of another history now

I agree, what a way to make a quadruple double, LOL.

It is such an embarrassing moment that I think it will stick on Westbrook for a while this season.

And damn up by a close to 30 points at one point and then suddenly lost everything. I guess everyone  knows that it's a recipe for a disaster having a lot of superstars in one team and the coach can't figure it out whose going to stay in the game and who's going out.

With the way things are now, I wouldn't be surprised if this team breaks soon. AD vs. Dwight and now WB messed up performance.

No, he could be more efficient and smarter/sharper as a PG. I'm pretty sure he's a competitor and wants to win but he just couldn't do it all (nobody can). I've seen how he goes for rebounds that were like stealing from his own teammates. He could conserve some of his energy by trusting others more.

Can't believe everyone here is all-eyes on Westbrook and blaming his 10 turnovers for why the Lakers lose. Looks like they are only looking for the post-result stats and not actually watching the game live. Is he the only one playing at the Lakers? Their loss is because of the whole team's mistake and not just by one.

The clutch shot that got airball courtesy of Malik Monk is even the most embarrassing part of that game. Yeah, I admire his courage that he will take that shot because of what he did in their win against Spurs. He was given a good playing time but look at his game performance. Laker's defense got crashed maybe because they become confident that they will win the game.

Again, we should blame the whole Lakers and not just Westbrook. Don't just read headlines about that game but rather watch the whole game. If they won that game, for sure they will say, Westbrook, is now finding his rhythm lol.

It's still a long way before we can conclude that the Lakers with Westbrook is trash. We should just wait for that before anything else.

While the Lakers woes continue, so do the Nets. James Harden is struggling big time out there with the ball. I had assumed this was because he spent his summer partying with rappers and is not in nba shape, but it seems like people are saying this is the result of rule changes taking the free throw line away from him. If it is rule changes to blame, the Nets need Kyrie bad at the point… I wonder how much longer this vaccine nonsense will rule all.

Looks like the new rule regarding calling fouls by the referees really hit Harden that bad. On average, Harden is taking 9 FTA per game but now he is only taking at least 3 FTA per game. A huge decrease and that is because of the new rules. The new rule hit him, Young, Doncic and those players who really like to lean on to the defenders to let them commit a foul. With the Nets currently 24th in offense and with a record of 2-3, they really need Kyrie but it seems like his ego still prevails and he still don't want to get vaccinated for his personal reasons and shit.

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Well, the Lakers team still not fail to amaze me
At one point, they lead by up to 26 at the 2nd quarter and they blew it all up at the 3rd quarter. Many here are blaming Ninja Turtle (Westbrook) but lets also blame his teammates who did awful on the second half. Scored 72 in the first half which is high already and only 43 on the second. I'm curious on what LeBron is saying to his teammates after the game .

I didn't realize the Lakers were up so much until seeing the highlights played back.  Man, that is crazy...  Granted they've got 3 good players out with injuries, but they should have been able to win this game and seeing them get such a huge lead early showed that they have it in them.  I think overcoming egos is going to be the biggest challenge for this team.  As scary as it is for them to lose these games, it was to be expected that the season would start rough as they figure things out.  If they are still losing games like this after the all star break then I'd start worrying.

Just to be fair with the Lakers tonight's game is a messed up as there are a lot of upsets.

Clippers lost to Cavs
Suns lost to Kings
Bucks lost to T'wolves

So there's a lot of upset in tonight's game. What highlights the Lakers lost though is that they have a commanding lead but then lost it totally in the 4th quarter. They mounted a come back, but then turnovers after turnovers that kills their chances.

Westbrook contributed big time on TO, the Lakers has a total of 17 turnovers on that game while Westbrook owned 10 of it. That's insane because he had a triple-double but was unable to manage the ball very well, this is one of the worst games of Westbrook in terms of turnover, hopefully, it will not happen again.