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Lakers' free-fall far from finished

By Reuters in Los Angeles | China Daily | Updated: 2014-04-20 08:03

The title of the historical novel Quo Vadis is an apt question for frustrated Los Angeles Lakers fans to ask of players and coaches after the team's nightmare 2013-14 NBA campaign came to an end.

Written by Pole Henryk Sienkiewicz in 1895, the novel borrows its title from the biblical query "Quo vadis Domine?", Latin for "Where are you going, Lord?", and the future destination of the Lakers franchise is certainly up for debate.

Granted the team was severely hampered by multiple injuries throughout the season but, as 16-time NBA champion, it is held to a lofty standard by its supporters who could not believe their eyes as one low after another was posted.

The Lakers plunged embarrassing new depths as they finished the regular season well under .500 with a 27-55 record, having never before lost so many games in a single campaign, and they were eliminated from playoff contention a month ago.

At home, they were a dismal 14-27 in front of Staples Center crowds who became bored and gradually dwindled in number and they failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2005, and only the sixth time ever.

The Lakers set team records for their largest losses to the San Antonio Spurs (34 points) and to the Minnesota Timberwolves (36 points) while their 48-point defeat last month to city rivals, the Clippers, was their biggest against any opponent.

Coach Mike D'Antoni came under increased criticism for his various strategies during the season and did not always communicate well with his players, though a rash of injuries certainly made his job a lot more difficult.

Shooting guard Kobe Bryant, a five-time NBA champion, played in only six games after recovering from a torn Achilles' tendon and then fracturing his knee while veteran point guard Steve Nash appeared in only 15 games due to nerve damage in his back.

And that list goes on and on and on with players such as Spanish forward Paul Gasol and point guards Steve Blake, Jordan Farmar and Xavier Henry among others spending considerable time on the sidelines.

"We've hit the bottom," Nash, a two-time Most Valuable Player, said after his exit interview at the team's El Segundo practice facility on Thursday.

"We had championship aspirations and nothing has gone right, individually or collectively - but that's not from a lack of want and trying," added the Canadian.

Victories in their last two games of the season, over the Utah Jazz and undermanned Spurs, dropped the Lakers to sixth position in the NBA's May 20 draft lottery.

This means they will have a 6.3 percent chance of landing the top pick in the draft where players such as Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid from Kansas, Jabari Parker from Duke and Australia's Dante Exum could be up for grabs.

Twelve of the Lakers' 15 players are expected to be free agents in July and D'Antoni rued the fact that 309 'man-games' were lost to injury during their 2013-14 campaign.

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