Lakers forward LeBron James, who finished with 35 points, tries to drive past Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr., left, and guard De’Anthony Melton on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena. (Alex Gallardo / Associated Press)
The Lakers began the game by scoring against the Memphis Grizzlies with a 12-foot jump shot by Stanley Johnson off a pass from Russell Westbrook.
From that point, it was all downhill for the rest of the Lakers starters, except for LeBron James, who was a force again with 35 points on 14-for-19 shooting and three of four on three-pointers.
The other starters — Westbrook, Johnson, Avery Bradley and Malik Monk — were a combined eight-for-39 shooting from the field.
All Lakers coach Frank Vogel could say was that he had “a number of guys having a tough night all at the same time.”
Here are four takeaways from the Lakers’ 127-119 loss to Memphis Sunday night at Crypto.com Arena:
1) The Lakers starting backcourt of Westbrook and Bradley were awful offensively, neither able…