this inexplicably happened to the lakers all the time in the past decade.
2003: SA wins game 5
96-94 (Horry misses game winner), LA implodes game 6 AT HOME and loses by 28.
2004: to quote ILOVEPOKER929 "PISTONS GOAT"
2006: bryant
wins game 4 to take 3-1 series lead, lose game 6 in OT, implode in game 7 and lose by 31.
2008: boston was just better, but come on...
131-92 with a chance to go to a game 7?
2011: i mean, dallas did some version of this to everybody that playoffs but they came back in the 4th quarters of both games 1 and 3 which led to...
122-86
sometimes teams reach a moment where they just know it's not going to happen and they mentally check out. that's why they call it 'getting game 6'd' now.