At this stage, the scenarios are all easy to identify. To have the best chance at avoiding a pair of road play-in games, the Lakers need to win. To give themselves some hope of a home play-in game, they need to win. And for the loftiest goal - a spot inside the top of the six spots in the West - the Lakers need to win. A lot.
With LeBron James flying around on defense, with Anthony Davis dominating the basket and D'Angelo Russell making all kinds of different plays, the Lakers looked like a menace. Russell slammed the door on the Thunder by hitting a trio of consecutive threes with comically escalating degrees of difficulty.
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