After a gutting 106-104 collapse to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, the Lakers remain both winless and perplexing during the infancy stages of their new season.
Already on the heels of a loss to the Clippers — a game which they arguably should have also won — the Lakers matinee with the Blazers reinforced the full gambit of the team’s strengths and weaknesses thus far. For every stretch where the club feels on the precipice of breaking through their ceiling, there is a matching moment where their floor feels as if it's sinking right down toward the earth’s core.