The Los Angeles Lakers played three games last week against the Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics, and the New Orleans Hornets. The worst was a 115-95 drubbing at the hands of the Celtics on Friday night. In the other two games the Lakers had chances to win both but just could not get a stop when they needed it most.
As the season gets closer to coming to an end the young players will get extensive playing time to show that they belong on the team moving forward.
Here is what is trending up and trending down with the Lakers this week.