Much has been made of the Los Angeles Lakers’ soft schedule, helping them get to 22-3, the league’s best record at this point in the season. However, their last few wins against the Denver Nuggets, the Utah Jazz, the Portland Trailblazers, and the Minnesota Timberwolves, have silenced the haters a bit.
Now they face another one of the toughest stretches that their schedule has to offer this season, that will really test them as a team. The Lakers will have the number one strength of schedule of any team in the league during the month of December.