The Lakers might be giving Sam Hinkie a scare with how poorly they've been playing lately.
The Los Angeles Lakers play their third game in four nights, hosting Dwight Howard and the Houston Rockets. The purple and gold were out of sorts against the Utah Jazz Saturday night in the first half of this back-to-back, shooting 34.4 percent from the field as a team. The horrendous offensive performances have become a trend in recent weeks, somehow plummeting their season into even darker depths.
The Lakers have the second-worst net rating in the NBA (-11.