Los Angeles Lakers: Miami Loss Shows Good and Bad of 2013 Team

Thursday night was a case of a team looking better in defeat than it has in some victories. The Los Angeles Lakers played with heart, hustle and fought with the world champions for 48 minutes.

They came up short, falling 99-90 to the Miami Heat largely due to a virtuoso performance from LeBron James (39 points on 17-of-25 shooting). 

But even though they are 17-22, this game, this effort showed me that the Lakers are not that far away.

Tonight was a winnable game in spite of 16 first-half turnovers and 20 overall. It was 90-90 afte...

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