Lakers Fight Hard, but Thunder Complete Sweep, Eliminate the Lakers 115-110

The final score was a lot more respectable, but the end result was the same. A fourth straight loss for the Lakers to the Oklahoma City Thunder, completing the 4-0 sweep and ending the 2025-26 season. 

Without Luka Dončić, the Lakers really didn't have much of a shot at beating OKC over the course of the series. The hope was to try and steal a game or two and see what might happen. The Thunder never opened the door to the possibility. Monday, the Lakers put an enormous amount of effort and intensity into a game in a series they knew they weren't going to win, and it just wasn't enough. Austin Reaves had some serious highlights, but also turned the ball over in critical moments. Marcus Smart left it all out on the floor, too, but he also was bit by the turnover bug. If this was LeBron James's last game with the Lakers (or even in the NBA, with 24 points and 12 rebounds. 

But both James and Reaves missed good looks down the stretch, while OKC's shotmakers came through. That was enough to make the difference. 

So now an offseason with a ton of questions for the Lakers, and a lot of hopes for moves that will reconstruct a championship caliber team around Luka. Or, at the least, start the franchise down a clear path to get there. (Because making up the gap between themselves and OKC in one offseason might be too tall an order.)

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky 

SEGMENT 1: The Lakers push, but ultimately fall short in Game 4. 

SEGMENT 2: Good, even great moments, but killer mistakes from LA's stars. 

SEGMENT 3: The offseason begins. 

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