'You deserve better': Magic Johnson tears into Lakers after 37-point loss to Nuggets
LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Frank Vogel, desperate to grab onto something, has seen moments this year that he hoped could be a turning point. The gutted-out win in Detroit, overtime in Indiana, dominance against Boston in Los Angeles, small-ball successes without Anthony Davis — all of them moments where the Lakers could plant their foot in the ground and start moving in another direction. It ...
by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times
Jan 16, 2022
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LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Frank Vogel, desperate to grab onto something, has seen moments this year that he hoped could be a turning point.
The gutted-out win in Detroit, overtime in Indiana, dominance against Boston in Los Angeles, small-ball successes without Anthony Davis — all of them moments where the Lakers could plant their foot in the ground and start moving in another direction.
It never happened.
Sunday felt different. Now this — a 37-point loss that somehow looked worse than that deficit implies — this could be a moment.
Coming off their worst loss of the
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