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Complacency, lost composure and the ingredients of Lakers’ loss to Warriors


LOS ANGELES — One second-half collapse does not the fall of an empire make.

But if we’re talking collapses and empires, it’s fitting that the opponent on Monday night was the Golden State Warriors, who rose from the ashes of their own demolished dynasty to deal the Lakers a painful lesson as the two franchises passed each other on the sliding scale of dominance.

The Lakers surged to a 19-point first-half lead behind a dominant start from Anthony Davis, only to lose their cool, settle for bad shots and fall apart defensively. After leading for the first 46 minutes, they surrendered the lead in the game’s final minutes and never regained it in losing 115-113 at Staples Center.

Lost composure. Complacency. Collapse.

“It does suck to lose,” Kyle Kuzma said, “but it’s not like we’re dying in there.”

But if you’re into Shakespearean subplots, this game had them. This was, after all,…





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