Pau Gasol: Defeat to Los Angeles Clippers was "embarrassing"

Pau Gasol has described the Los Angeles Lakers' defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers last night as "embarrassing".

The Lakers were beaten 123-87, giving the Clippers their biggest ever winning margin against their city rivals.

The power forward told reporters: "It was a painful loss and somewhat embarrassing as a player. Right now, it seems like teams are playing with too much confidence.

"They're taking for granted that the Lakers are just an easy game, that they're going to come out and are just going to score 120-130 points, everybody's going to get their points, and it's going to be a wonderful night. We've just got to cut that out somehow."

The Lakers have a break until Tuesday, when they face the Cleveland Cavaliers.