Updated: May 17, 2012, 7:59 am ET

Can Lakers Recover from Loss?

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

Some things to take from the Lakers’ 77-75 Game 2 loss Wednesday to the Oklahoma City Thunder:

1. The Lakers can’t recover from this loss. I’ll break down the particulars in the items below, but the Lakers threw their season away by missing a prime opportunity to steal Game 2. The Lakers won’t get swept. They provided a good blueprint moving forward on how to beat the Thunder. But it’s not going to matter. Oklahoma City has this series locked up now that it’s leading 2-0. The psychological disappointment in squandering a seven-point lead with two minutes remaining will be too overwhelming. It’s presumptuous to think the Thunder will shoot 42% from the field and score only 12 third-quarter points again. And Oklahoma City has even more confidence now that it can have its way with the Lakers even in an ugly game it should’ve lost.

via Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Times

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