The Lakers were uninspiring and unexciting, in case their angry, booing fans didn’t prove the point during a thorough 102-87 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday at Staples Center.
The Lakers lost their cool -- Kobe Bryant seemed edgy and off-kilter the entire game, and Lamar Odom was ejected in the fourth quarter -- and their fans followed suit, hurling about 50 promotional foam-finger giveaways on to the court with 4 minutes 4 seconds to play and the Lakers down 18.
The game was briefly delayed and, despite pleas from longtime in-house announcer Lawrence Tanter, more foam fingers were tossed from the stands after another foul was called with 3:45 to play. A few plastic bottles, filled with liquid, also were thrown onto the court.
Staples Center security guards assumed a more aggressive posture, several of them moving to the corners of the court and behind both benches.
Happy holidays, indeed.