There are any number of reasons the Lakers have come up short in their last couple of games, but the main point is that they’ve come up short. This year’s team has a surprisingly scary tendency to come up short in big games, or not even show up at all. Granted, the win over Denver last week helped heal the Lakers psyche somewhat, but two close road losses in Miami and Orlando cannot be positive for team mentality at this point. This is the part of the season where things start to ramp up, games get more competitive and rotations [...]