OKLAHOMA CITY — This wasn't the varsity versus the junior varsity. It was the varsity against the alumni team, the flashy youngsters taking on the aging plodders, the class of the Western Conference further burying a team that wouldn't make the playoffs if they started today. The excuses are getting as old as the Lakers' starting lineup in the wake of a 114-108 beatdown Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder that was close only in the final moments. You can say the Lakers are still learning a new coach's system, that two of their starters weren't on the court at Chesapeake Energy Arena, that the season is still young and none of this will matter come springtime. It's all as...
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