LeBron James and the Lakers continue to make self-inflicted errors, but the team sees reasons for hope in close loss to West-leading Thunder

Here are the NBA Cup standings following the Thunder's close win over the Lakers: The Thunder will wrap their Group B schedule with a home game against the Jazz on Dec. 3. It should be an easy win where OKC improves its odds of advancing to the quarterfinals.

The Los Angeles Lakers dropped a close game to the Oklahoma City Thunder at home to end their Emirates NBA Cup run.