Russell made a blunt admission about his time with the Lakers in a new interview. The veteran guard said his most recent stint with the Lakers had left him “a little traumatized,” and that the move to Brooklyn had reinvigorated him.

Obviously, I was a little traumatized there," the Nets guard said. "I'm at the point in my career where I'm not going out and scoring 25 points every night and wowing with numbers. It's a point where I'm trying to gravitate towards doing it the right way,

D’Angelo Russell played a major role in helping the Nets upset a shorthanded Lakers team on Monday night. But Gabe Vincent, who played one of his best games of the season against Brooklyn, was not concerned about how the loss might affect the team moving forward.