The Lakers blew a 17-point lead late as Pacers' Andrew Nembhard made a 3-pointer at the buzzer as the Lakers fell to Indiana 116-115 on Monday.
Monday, with the Pacers and the Lakers meeting for the first time this season, talk of that deal dominated — only to be outdone by a tight game with Westbrook smack in the middle of all of it and a rookie ready to punctuate it.
But the Pacers outscored the Lakers 32-14 from there to the finish line to steal the win, re-exposing so many familiar late-game problems from earlier in the season. Indiana scored on eight of their final nine possessions of the game, including Nembhard’s game-winner which came off a missed three by Turner.
The Lakers continued to hold their ground on deals with both future first-round picks unless they viewed the deal made them a certified contender. To date, they’ve not felt that way about a Hield-Turner package — and with a loss like Monday’s, it’s not easy to see the deal that would fix their deficiencies. Still, it was on everyone’s mind.
“I can see where people would have interest in them. I have a lot of interest in not trading them, you know?”
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