“There’s positives and negatives in having to play so many young kids so many minutes,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. The Lakers had 13 turnovers in the first half and one in the second. “I was shocked we were only down 14 at the half, to be honest,” said Walton, whose team was behind 56-42. Losing to the Bulls would have been embarrassing, even for a Lakers team with its own limitations. The Lakers had the NBA’s worst defense the last two years, and second- and third-worst the two years before that.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 22, 2017 06:03 UTC