Five things learned from Lakers’ 99-95 loss to New York

All things must come to an end, including the Lakers’ one-game winning streak, believe it or not.

Here are five things learned from the 99-95 loss Sunday to the New York Knicks.

1) The final three minutes looked like something out of a second-grade playbook. With the sincerest apologies to second-graders everywhere, the Lakers fired away at will and missed nine consecutive shots while completely ignoring each other on the court in what was a close game, not a panic situation.

2) Kobe Bryant just can’t hit shots. He started off OK, but finished with six-of-19 accuracy, right around his season average of 32%. He also kept firing, and missing, from three-point range, his two-for-10 night fully in line with his 20.8% success rate behind the arc this season.

3) Even Jordan Clarkson has bad nights. The Lakers’ best player made only four of 13 shots and had 10 quiet points with only two rebounds and an assist in 29 minutes.

4) Roy Hibbert might have been the Lakers’ only consistent presence. He had 18 points, made eight of 10 from the free-throw line, and ended their ugly scoring shortage in the final minutes by scoring down low (even though it was too late). He also had 10 rebounds and two blocked shots.

5) The Brooklyn Nets (0-7) are really bad. They’re the only team that the Lakers have defeated. And it happened in Brooklyn.

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