LOS ANGELES - With the Lakers sitting at ninth in the West for most of 2024, every game has had a sense of urgency. The stakes against the Warriors on Tuesday couldn't have been higher. A win would have sealed the Lakers in the ninth seed at worst with Golden State unable to pass the Lakers and Los Angeles holding the tiebreaker between the teams. In the hours leading up to the matchup, the talk wasn't about how the Lakers would contain Steph Curry or who would step up and have a big scoring... Read this story
