“Can we hope for a single digit loss? Is that asking entirely too much?”
– A modest pre-game request from commenter Slax.
For over three quarters, it looked probable, didn’t it? But a 22-0 Lakers run in the fourth quarter made the final score of this game indistinguishable from the other recent blowouts.
Do you really want to dissect the anatomy of a 22-0 run? I don’t. Instead, let’s take a more general look at what was working early, and what went awry late.
