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Following Wednesday's blowout, JJ Redick was brutally honest with how bad the Lakers played.

A 41-point loss against the Heat on Wednesday was the Lakers' eighth-largest deficit of defeat since the NBA/ABA merger.

Grading every Lakers player's performance from the team's 134-93 loss to the Heat.

Nothing went right for the Lakers as the Heat steamrolled them on Wednesday night.

In a different timeline, the Lakers would have selected Bub Carrington with the No. 17 pick in the NBA Draft, but with him off the board, L.A. went with Dalton Knecht.

When Dalton Knecht fell to the Lakers in the draft, they were shocked, but gladly picked him up with the No. 17 pick.

With Dalton Knecht's emergence, the Anthony Davis trade for the Lakers has become even more of an all-time steal.

Do LeBron James' recent struggles signal a real decline or is this just a more pronounced slump than what we're used to seeing from him?

The Lakers will have two very interesting matchups during the week of the NBA Cup knockout games as they're set to play the Wolves and Grizzlies.

The Lakers will face the Eastern Conference version of themselves in the Heat on Wednesday.