Can the Lakers Avoid a Sweep? Plus... Problems With Reaves and at Center

It's not the effort, it's (at least part) the execution (though not in everything) and the opponent that explains why the Lakers are down 3-0 heading into Monday's Game 4 with the Thunder. No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit, and it feels... unlikely... that the Lakers will be the first. Game 4 becomes a referendum on professional pride. How hard do the Lakers try to cut? How effectively do they set a screen? Rotate on D? Put a body on someone to box out? Now, they could do all of those things and still lose by a comfortable margin, but that's a lot better than just rolling over and just counting down the moments until the offseason arrives. And individual Lakers, starting with Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton, have plenty to play for. So we'll see what happens. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: The Lakers are trying their best, but their best isn't nearly good enough. SEGMENT 2: Problems in the paint. SEGMENT 3: Problems with Austin Reaves. ...