The opening ~25% of the season for the Lakers has certainly been a suboptimal one for the Lakers, but not in the way of last season’s. While the team underperformed from the jump last year, these Lakers have fought valiantly and have had notably more quality wins as well as a higher quantity of them.
After Thursday’s loss to the Thunder, the Lakers are now 11-9 on the season. It was a frustrating loss, but one the team has become familiar with in the opening weeks. Undermanned, in a tough situation in terms of schedule and circumstance, the Lakers gave it the good ole college try but were no match.