The Los Angeles Lakers lost their eighth game in a row on Wednesday night to the Oklahoma City Thunder, with the 37-point margin of defeat comfortably the biggest during that disappointing stretch.

Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma was brutally honest in his assessment of the team’s heavy loss, admitting he and his teammates basically “gave up.”

Per Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints:

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Kyle Kuzma on loss to #Thunder: “We really gave up. They took a little lead, & we just went to being selfish on the floor. We didn’t compete on defense, & they killed us. Flat out losing by 40, there’s no in between about that.”

The constant losing has to be difficult for the young Lakers. They had still been reasonably competitive even as they've racked up so many defeats. But all those disappointments finally seemed to catch up with them as they just stopped competing against the Thunder.

Lakers coach Luke Walton will have to do something to get the team’s spirits up ahead of their next game against the Charlotte Hornets. Hopefully, though, they will have rookie Lonzo Ball back by then, and he can help re-energize a team that just packed it in and got embarrassed on their home floor.