December was not a month to remember for the Los Angeles Lakers. After a hot start to the 2025-26 NBA season, the final month of the calendar year brought nothing other than a dreadful display of the wheels rattling, with concerns of them falling off entirely rapidly creeping up for the Lakers.
Los Angeles went 5-7 in December. That includes them being losers in four of their last five games. It's not just the losses, though, it's the margins. Every Lakers loss during this past month was by double digits. They were outscored by 94 points in their 12 games played overall.