Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Despite an abysmal showing against the Toronto Raptors in the first quarter of Sunday night’s game, Luke Walton’s position as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers is not in jeopardy, according to Magic Johnson.
Johnson, the team’s president of basketball operations, told ESPN Sunday “we’re not going to fire him.”
His remarks came during the first quarter of the game, in which the Lakers trailed the Raptors, 42-17. The 25-point deficit marked one of the worst first quarters in the team’s history.
According to ESPN, Los Angeles has “never been outscored by more