Lakers defense reaches historically bad level only seen once in 6,138 all-time games

The Lakers were short-handed on Tuesday night against the Spurs, but I'm sure very few people expected what was in store to happen in the first half of that game.

Los Angeles had their worst defensive half in team history, as they couldn't stop anything the Spurs' offense challenged them with.

Lakers defense reaches historically bad level only seen once in 6,138 all-time games

On Tuesday, the Lakers let up 84 points in the first half against the Spurs. That's the most the team has let up in a single half in team history.

The most they let up before tonight was 82 points in a half a few years ago.

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Victor Wembanyama led the charge for San Antonio, scoring 37 points in the first half on 12/17 shooting.

Carter Bryant had 14 points of his own. The Spurs shot 30/48 from the field, which equates to 62.5 FG%.

The Lakers didn't have a poor offensive half of their own, scoring 55 points, but they still find themselves down 29 points due to the firepower the Spurs had in the half.

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