The Lakers were defeated by the Heat by a final score of 96-80 in a much-hyped Christmas Day showcase.
Kobe Bryant is confident in identifying the cause of the Lakers' 2-4 record this season against teams with winning records.
“Complacency,” Bryant told Yahoo! Sports. “We play too straight.
“We got to nip that [bleep] in the bud now.”
The Lakers also lost to the Bucks by 19 points this week.
“Part of our problem is we’re cocky and we feel like we shouldn’t lose, we can’t lose,” Lamar Odom said. “That’s been our problem, I think, this season, especially early on in this season. We were overconfident. …That’s the way we came in. It started in training camp.”