Welcome to the home stretch. The Los Angeles Lakers have 25 games remaining of what’s been a roller coaster of a season, and kick off that slate against 2019 Most Valuable Player hopeful James Harden and the Houston Rockets.
After practice Wednesday afternoon, James said the Lakers have to accept the challenge of defending. He singled out Harden as a good place to start, saying that he’s scoring “100 points a game.” That’s somehow not all that inaccurate.
You’ve heard all the numbers about where the Lakers currently stand in the playoff chase, and what they likely have to do if they want to earn the franchise’s first playoff bid since both of Kobe Bryant’s achilles tendons were whole.