For a Lakers’ fan base that has dealt with its fair share of losing the past few years, Tuesday’s comeback victory over the Kings was a much-needed sign of success to come.
A win to open the preseason is a great morale booster, but it’s worthless if you don’t continue to build on it, which the Lakers hope to do on Friday against the Denver Nuggets.
The young team’s core certainly shined against Sacramento and proved that all of their hard work this summer has already started paying off. However, it wasn’t the high draft picks that stood out the most for LA.