Lakers 106, New Jersey 87: Who are they to stand in the way of history?

League rules mandated 48 minutes of basketball had to be played, but practically speaking the Lakers’ 106-87 romp over the Nets Sunday night at Staples was over the instant iconic PA announcer Lawrence Tanter introduced Trenton Hassell and Josh Boone as New Jersey’s starting small and power forwards. A few things were abundantly clear: A) this was not going to be a fair fight, B) an obvious lack of high end NBA talent and a brutal run of injuries meant Jersey had come by its (heretofore) 0-16 record honestly, and C) it mattered not if they were coached by Lawrence’s…