No Jersey miracle: Lakers crush Nets to win their sixth straight game

I have to figure the New Jersey board of Tourism doesn’t appreciate this. Already one of the more frequently mocked states in our union, the Garden State is now saddled with a historically bad basketball team after the Nets were thoroughly (and predictably) dominated by the Lakers Sunday night at Staples. Final score, 106-87. It was Jersey’s 17th straight loss to open the 2009-10 season, tying a gruesome NBA record and setting them up to be the object of rubbernecker affection until they somehow manage to scratch out a win. But while the Lakers are sympathetic, they still had a…