Russell Westbrook wore a sweater, LeBron James had a coat and Wayne Ellington had a hat.
If the Lakers were going to be this cold, at least they were dressed for it.
If it hadn’t happened twice in the previous three days, the Lakers’ struggles putting the ball in the basket would be too outrageous to understand. Yet here they were again, opening the game against Minnesota missing three-point shot after three-point shot.
In the end against the Timberwolves, they missed 10 in a row in the first quarter — cruelly a whistle canceling Talen Horton-Tucker’s last-second corner prayer that went in. During their last three games, the Lakers are one of 33 from three-point range in the first quarter.
“Teams are daring us to shoot the ball from outside and we’re not making them,” James said flatly.
The misses have been piling up for the Lakers in March, teams wisely packing the paint and letting the Lakers launch. Before Wednesday’s 124-104 loss to the Timberwolves, the Lakers…