It really says something about this Lakers season that a four-game stretch in the middle of a play-in race in which the Lakers have gone .500 is being seen at as a source of potential hope. The Lakers started this year as the runner-up for title favorite! How did this happen?
If we actually wanted to answer that second question, the episode would have to be more a series. Instead, I welcomed Howard Beck of Sports Illustrated to discuss how this season compares to others he’s either watched from afar or covered personally.
We started by picking up from a topic I covered in last night’s “Lakers Lowdown,” reacting to not just the loss, but how fans responded to a team that finally appears to care.