Things will change in December, they said. The Los Angeles Lakers will come back down to earth on the road against legitimate playoff competition, they told us. Surely, the Lakers couldn’t win back-to-back games in two of the toughest arenas in the NBA, they assured themselves.
Simple question: How do those words taste? A little like crow?
Denver’s altitude has always given the NBA problems, and Utah’s hostile crowd can lead to some of the worst refereeing across the league. The Lakers, even while battling flu-like symptoms across the roster, took down both teams with relative ease, finishing the back-to-back with a 121-96 win in Utah.