SAN ANTONIO -- As the old-school sounds of Tupac and Dr. Dre emanated from a satisfied visitors' locker room in the AT&T Center on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated their most successful road trip in nine seasons.
While their chemistry and energy was already building, and would've likely remained the same had they lost to the San Antonio Spurs and finished the swing 3-1 instead of stunning Gregg Popovich's team from 17 down to steal a win and go 4-0, Luke Walton's Lakers returned to California on Sunday as a different team that had acquired something far beyond wins and losses.