LOS ANGELES — The Lakers once again used their traditional court at Crypto.com Arena for Wednesday night’s NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup against the San Antonio Spurs instead of their bright yellow Cup court.

Multiple Lakers players noted how slippery the Cup Court was for their Nov. 25 Group Play victory over the Clippers , which was the first – and only – time the Lakers used the alternate court this season.

“That was bad,” forward Rui Hachimura said. “I felt it right away. It just felt weird. Like oily, slippery.”

Star guard Luka Doncic was also critical of the court in the immediate aftermath of the game against the Clippers, going as far as to call the Lakers’ Cup Court “dangerous.”

“It’s just slippery,” Doncic said at the time. “I slipped a lot of times and you could see a lot o

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