Hello, this is

Hello, Lakers nation, welcome in to Lakers Nation, live.

I am Trevor Lane.

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on X at Trevor underscore Lane over on Instagram and threads at Trevor Lane, NBA. Tough loss for

the Lakers tonight. Ultimately could not make the big plays down the stretch. Blues 114 to 109 to a

Knicks team that played a really good game. Let's give them credit. The Knicks I thought out competed the Lakers in this one. Again, you saw 27 points for our old friend Julius Randall in addition to 14 rebounds. 29 for Jalen Brunson, who was a pest all night. And then, well, this is what you couldn't have. 20 points for Emmanuel quickly off the bench.

He was a talented player, but you can't have a bench player for the Knicks.

Go for 20.

And expect the win on a night when the Lakers offense struggled so badly.

32 points for Anthony Davis.

14 rebounds, 25, 10, and 11 for LeBron.

The triple double.

20 points for Austin Reeves plus seven assists,

but just 42% from the field.

The Lakers just could not knock down shots when they matter.

That was certainly a frustrating game, and now the Lakers, just one in three since winning

the in-season tournament with one of those losses coming at the hands of the Spurs.

And, you know, this is where the loss to the spurs really hurts.

It's not, yes, the fact that you lost to the spurs, it's embarrassing, it's gross,

it's frustrating, it's all of those things.

But this is where it hurts.

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