The Lakers preseason opened with a 124-107 to the Nuggets on Sunday. The game was close for small portions and the Lakers starters performed well, but overall the bench units got shellacked and that was that. The game did offer some entertaining moments and it was wonderful to see LeBron James suit up for the first time, but it was pretty evident all night the Lakers have a fair amount of work to do on both sides of the ball as they push toward opening night in two weeks.
With that, here’s a tidy list of 10 things from the game — what I liked, what I didn’t like, and some things that fall in the middle…
- Let’s start with LeBron since that’s where most things Lakers will this year.