Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET the Los Angeles Lakers (14-23) will play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a matchup of two teams who have underachieved relative to their preseason expectations, and loom as possible landing spots for LeBron James in free agency. Live stream the game by clicking this link; Cavs fans can hear the radio broadcast of the game on WTAM 1100, while Lakers fans can follow the action on 710 ESPN.
After a start that saw the Lakers tread water without several stars, the bottom has fallen out on this season, including a brutal 123-87 defeat at the hands of the Clippers four nights ago.
"I don't think there was one positive thing we could take from this game," point guard Kendall Marshall said. "We were competitive for maybe five minutes, and we just can't have that."
The road may not get any easier, with their lone remaining star, Pau Gasol, hobbled by a strained tendon in his foot. He is listed as day-to-day, and is a gametime decision tonight.
"Right now, it seems like teams are playing with too much confidence," Gasol said. "They're taking for granted that the Lakers are just an easy game, that they're going to come out and are just going to score 120-130 points, everybody's going to get their points, and it's going to be a wonderful night. We've just got to cut that out somehow."
Cleveland has been one of the league's worst road teams, though, and is fresh off their own humiliation in Sacramento on Sunday.
"It was just one of those nights. The shots were not falling," point guard Kyrie Irving said. "Like Coach said, we just have to bring it in more and be more together during the hard times. Especially when I am having a bad shooting night. That's part of the game. We just have to continue to compete, including myself."
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