The Lakers were hoping to have Wednesday off, but after blowing a 15 point lead and eventually losing to Memphis 88-86, coach Phil Jackson announced that they would be practicing.

The thing is, it was not a normal practice.  According to the L.A. Times, the players did not even pick up a basketball.  All they had to do was stand.

And listen to their coach, Phil Jackson, tell them what he thought of their performance in losing to the Grizzles, a team with the worst record (18-54) in the NBA.

"I let them know it wasn't OK with me," Jackson said. "That's not the way we act [as far as] being a Laker, being a team headed for the playoffs. That's what the other teams that are out of the playoffs are doing. We are in a playoff drive and we have to step up our competitive level every night if we are going to meet the demands that are needed in a playoff.

"My problem is that when we get a few wins, we become lackadaisical. We haven't kept the same intensity. We will lose games, particularly to teams that have been under .500.

"We just can't take a night off as a basketball team and expect to win any games at this point?. I told [the players] that, by the nature of the game they played, I was disappointed. They should take themselves away from the game for a day and come back [Thursday] ready to play."