We’ve referred to many of the games the Lakers have played in the past few weeks as winnable. This wasn’t just a game the Lakers could have won if everything went right. His thoughts are included in these five takeaways from the Lakers 95-92 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers:1.) The Lakers ran a play to get Kentavious Caldwell-Pope a clean look at a three-pointer that would have tied the game. The coach probably thought back to the last Lakers’ game against Portland, when Caldwell-Pope hit a three to tie the game with 16 seconds to go.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 24, 2017 18:11 UTC