There’s an element of patience that’s required with the Lakers.
Even though the team is coming out of the All-Star break, usually the time when restrictions are kicked away and teams start to gain speed, that landmark doesn’t mean the same thing this year.
The Lakers are in mid-March and still have 32 games before they get to the playoffs — a situation so abnormal that coach Frank Vogel emphasized it in his first meeting with the team once players came back together last week.
The message was simple: know where you are.
It’s like that every night too.