The Los Angeles Lakers (8-3) travel to Paycom Center to face the Oklahoma City Thunder (11-1) in this Wednesday night NBA matchup.

The Oklahoma City Thunder humiliated the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-92 win. The reigning NBA champion showed the NBA world there are levels to this whole contention business. The second half resembled a Harlem Globetrotters show than an actual regular-season contest.

The Lakers have trouble shooting against the NBA's top defense and lose big to the Oklahoma City Thunder in third matchup of five-game road trip.

LeRoy Ellis was a key big man for the Lakers during two separate stints with them. They took him with the No. 8 pick in the 1962 NBA Draft after losing to the Boston Celtics in th

However, what struck O’Neal was the fact that among all the Purple & Gold legends from the past, like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, etc., only Shaw had the chops to get in the middle of the fire and cool things down.

Austin Reaves' story is one of many that make professional sports so great. A high school basketball legend in Arkansas, Reaves played college basketball at Wic

The Lakers may have looked awful on Wednesday against the Thunder, but that doesn't mean that they won't get a lot better in the coming months.