The Los Angeles Lakers followed up a winless preseason with yet another loss today against the Mavericks. Not only were the Dallas Mavericks without their best player in Dirk Nowitzki, they were also missing fellow German Chris Kaman. So the LA roster with a huge size advantage, was not able to do anything against an undersized, re-vamped Mavericks team.
The game was sloppy for the Lakers most of the way through. The offense was slow and dreadful. The Lakers failed to use their talent in any advantageous way. In fact the Mavericks not only outplayed them, but played with more urgency. It seemed like the Lakers almost assumed they were going to win and came out with no effort. This on top of the poor showing the Lakers had in the preseason, who knows how far they will go in the West this year.
