The Los Angeles Lakers completed their first week of preseason games with a subpar 1-3 record. They started with a blowout loss to a very good Denver Nuggets team, improved in the next two games, but ended the week with a disappointing defeat at the hands of the Clippers.
With all the roster changes this summer, the team does not look cohesive at the moment. The week was punctuated by positives and negatives. With Lonzo Ball not playing, rookie Moritz Wagner out with a knee injury, and many other key players (including LeBron James) seeing limited action, it was an imperfect sampling from which to draw any definite conclusions.