Instead, the mayor may have accidentally rubbed salt in the wounds of the team and its fans. Lakers fans likely weren't in the mood to hear about any kind of consolation prize at that moment.
Meanwhile, fans of other NBA teams certainly were happy for more fodder to ridicule L.A. for coming up short in the tournament that actually matters.
The concept was different from anything the NBA had tried before, but it seemed to catch on. The intensity of the semifinals and finals at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas rivaled that of the actual NBA playoffs.
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