Lakers can’t afford to dwell on loss to Thunder

Reporting from Oklahoma City — 

The Lakers have to take the butt-kicking delivered to them by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night and move forward.

They can’t wallow in the pain inflicted upon them by the Thunder.

Next up for the Lakers will be the Houston Rockets on Saturday night at the Toyota Center.

“It was a tough game for us,” Pau Gasol said Friday night about the Lakers’ 91-75 loss to the Thunder at the Ford Center.

“We really don’t have to make a huge deal about it. We have to just bounce back tomorrow and put a good game together and move on.”

That would require the Lakers not falling behind by 33 points as they did against the Thunder.

That would require the Lakers shooting better than 39.2% from the field, 13.3% (two for 15) from three-point range.

That would require the Lakers not turning the ball over 18 times, nine by Kobe Bryant.

That would require sharing the basketball, moving the basketball and not settling for seven assists in a game.

“We actually had a practice [Thursday] that was about execution and they couldn’t get it accomplished,” Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. “They did everything off the dribble instead of off the pass. That was one of the things we were really concerned about.”

The Rockets are 36-35 and are pretty much out of the playoff picture.

But they have defeated the Lakers once this season and probably will be up for the game.

After all, the Rockets are playing the defending NBA champions.

“We just have to move on,” reserve guard Jordan Farmar said. “We have to get ready for the Rockets. That’s all that matters now.”

Etc.

Andrew Bynum, upon seeing reporters enter the locker room Friday: “Time for me to get out of here.” The injured Lakers center hopes to return from a strained left Achilles’ tendon either April 2 against Utah or April 4 against San Antonio. … The Lakers raised $175,000 for their charitable youth foundation via their 20th annual celebrity golf invitational, which took place Monday at Riviera Country Club.

broderick.turner@latimes.com