LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers started the season with such great promise, upsetting teams like the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls in the early going. The young Lakers were the buzz of the NBA, at least for a month.
That early excitement has long since faded with the Lakers losing 11 of their last 12 games.
The Lakers will wrap up a seven-game road trip on Friday against the Orlando Magic, ending an unproductive run that has yielded just a single victory. The road has been anything but kind.
"A lot of times on the road, you get away from everything else and it's just you and your teammates. Some bonding and brotherhood can come together," coach Luke Walton said prior to the team's exodus. "Other times a seven-game road trip can wear everybody out and people get on each other's nerves."
It remains to be seen how unified the locker room will be once the Lakers return home.
A combination of injuries, scheduling and one of the NBA's most porous defenses has dropped the Lakers to 11th place in the Western Conference. Still, the Lakers are somehow just ...
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