The Lakers are free-falling after losing their fifth straight game yesterday when they fell to James Harden and the Brooklyn Nets in a Christmas Day showdown in Los Angeles.
The player taking the most heat after the loss is Russell Westbrook, who had a triple double but played some really bad defense yet again.
The worst moment for Westbrook came in the final minutes when he did basically nothing to stop Patty Mills from knocking down a 3-pointer from the corner. That bucket gave the Nets a 115-110 lead with 1:34 left and basically sealed the win for Brooklyn.
Check out this defense by Westbrook:
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— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 26, 2021
Yikes.
NBA Twitter was not impressed.