The Los Angeles Lakers are down to their final 25 games of the NBA regular season, and as it stands, they’re three games out of the eighth seed in the Western Conference. While that gap isn’t insurmountable, it’s not going to be easy to make up with less than two months left in the season.
If the Lakers are going to sneak into the playoffs, they can’t afford to make a single mistake for the rest of the season. Not one.
To simplify the remaining games on the Lakers’ schedule, I’ve broken down their upcoming matchups into three categories:
- Must-win games: Games against lesser opponents they can’t afford to lose.