On Monday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers crashed back down to Earth with a blowout loss at the hands of the Phoenix Suns . Despite playing with a mostly healthy lineup against a Suns team that saw Devin Booker exit in the first half and was already without Jalen Green, the Lakers turned in one of their most disappointing efforts of the season in this one.

After the game, shooting guard Austin Reaves , who had a rare off night from the field, spoke on what he felt went wrong in the loss.

“One of those games. We played bad, they played harder than us. That can't happen,” said Reaves, per Spectrum SportsNet on X, formerly Twitter. Article Continues Below

Overall, the Lakers still sit 10 games above the .500 mark at 15-5 and have been one of the more surprising (in a good way) team

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