Lakers vs. Jazz Preview: Time for a bubble bounce-back

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles Lakers have gotten off to a relatively promising start in the NBA bubble so far, although you wouldn’t know it if you checked to see why Danny Green’s name was trending after their Saturday night loss to the Toronto Raptors.

That the Lakers shot their two worst field-goal percentages of the year and managed to play good enough defense to get a win over their biggest threat in the West (the Clippers) and stay close with the Toronto Raptors are signs that this team is playing well on defense. If they’re missing shots as a result of the toll that’s taking on their legs after four months off, well, that may just be something they have…