With their latest loss, a 96-94 loss to the Orlando Magic on Sunday, the Lakers are only two games ahead of Orlando and three ahead of the surging Dallas Mavericks for the best record in the NBA. Laker blog Silver Screen And Roll wonders if LA can keep it up as the best team in the league or if they’re breaking down before our eyes.
Silver Screen And Roll: Laker’s Road Trip Goes Less Than Well
A three-game East Coast road trip is now in the books as a three-game losing streak. As you’ll hear or read 20 times between now and whenever the Lakers feel like winning another game, it’s the first three-game skid of the Pau Gasol era. That’s a mildly interesting footnote. The real story here is that the Lakers are now a pretty ordinary 17-13 on the road. Last year their road record was 29-12. For those whose eyes glaze over numbers, here’s another way to put it: the Lakers have already lost more road games than they did all of last season. Who needs home-court advantage?
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