It’s still pretty hard to imagine how far the Lakers have come in the last two months. At the trade deadline, the team was in 13th place and floundering. Now, at the start of May, they’re in the second round of the playoffs and set to match up against the defending champion Warriors in a series that is not quite a toss-up but one the Lakers certainly have a shot in.
It’s been a long road for the Lakers, one that included detractors along the way. The Lakers went some way in making believers of them.