LA's defense is tightening up in clutch time, and that's a very good sign of things to come.
The Los Angeles Lakers have had a lot of early success this season, and one of the ways they've done that is by locking down on defense in clutch time. The Lakers might have a mostly average defense for the majority of most games, but the numbers show that when things are close in the final minutes, they play by far their best basketball on the defensive side of things.