The Lakers could hardly have been worse to start the season. It was a historically bad shooting performance that was always going to be unsustainable but was going to cost the team in the short term in the loss column. Their 0-5 and 2-10 starts have given way to the team’s current 7-11 record, one that is hardly worth praising in a vacuum but quite the turnaround in the larger picture of the season.
There were a number of built-in excuses for their poor start, like this being Darvin Ham’s first run as head coach and the roster being largely unfamiliar with one another.