How you view the ' first 20 games likely depends on a combination of how high your standards are from night to night and how much grace you give a team that has been hurt to the level the Lakers have to begin this season.
If you are the less patient type, a handful of blowout losses and some individual performances that have not quite lived up to preseason expectations might have you cursing your television screen on a random Wednesday. But, if you are more the type to contextualize how many injuries the team has had to deal with and, in some cases, the enduring nature of them and the impact they have had on the rotation, you might be more than happy with where the team is.