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Lakers throttled by Thunder in demoralizing loss

 A primetime showdown turned into a dismantling as the Lakers were throttled by the Thunder on Thursday.

The Lakers were bludgeoned from the opening tip of Thursday’s showdown with the Thunder, falling behind by double digits minutes into the game and trailing by as many as 45 en route to a 139-96 loss.

Turnovers plagued the Lakers from the jump, allowing OKC to jump ahead early. The Thunder shooting an incredible 53.9% from the field and 45.2% from three with 17 makes certainly only made matters worse.

An injury to Luka Dončić in the third quarter only made matters worse as he left the game with a left hamstring injury and did not return.

Luka got his shot attempt blocked to start the game and on the other end, Isaiah Hartenstein converted on an alley-oop. The Thunder went up by seven early, led by their defense. They had back-to-back steals that led to four quick points for Lu Dort.


Luka knocked down a pair of free throws, which were the only points LA had scored so far. Dort was cooking for Oklahoma with 14 points.

Offense continued to be a massive struggle for Los Angeles as they shot an abysmal 14% from the field, while OKC shot 61%.

Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander ended the quarter with eight points. Luka ended with five points. At the end of the first, LA was down by 23.

                                                             

The Thunder turned the ball over to start the second period, but Los Angeles missed its shot attempt. On the other end, Jared McCain converted on a layup. Things kept getting worse and worse for the Lakers, who just couldn’t find any offense or put together any kind of decent defense. 

                                                                                           

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