Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

I don't like the "moral victory" thing but it is exactly what I thought after this game because realistically the C's should of beat the breaks off us with how we came into the game, who we were missing and the level of hurt the players who were playing had to deal with.

Boston had both Tatum and Brown pretty much cooking. Those dudes are just really F'n good. They had a lot go there way and the 3rd qtr we couldn't hit anything to save our lives. BUT, we got it from 20+ down to 4 (a couple times) and the guys fought every inch of the game. Years past we would of had some fake comeback and just rolled over. This team is different and they are putting teams on notice that it's gonna be a damn fight. I love that.

I think its a completely different game if we had Hayes or Rui. Yes, they can say the same about Porzingis I know. Either way, I don't think they left feeling great after that win.