El Segundo — The Los Angeles Lakers obviously didn’t get off to the start of the season they were hoping for when they lost their first game of the LeBron James era to the Portland Trail Blazers. But the team is also aware that such a newly formed roster is going to take time to come together, or as James is fond of saying, that chemistry isn’t instant oatmeal.
But while James may want to win a championship this season, way back in July, he also said that the main thing he was looking for this season wasn’t what happened at the end of the road, but that the Lakers were building the “championship habits” necessary to get there.