The Los Angeles Lakers are a good team! It has been many a year since most fans of the purple and gold have been able to utter the above sentence.
Credit must be given to the coaching staff in which Rob Pelinka assembled. Head coach Frank Vogel and his assistants Jason Kidd and Lionel Hollins deserve a ton of credit for installing a defensive-minded culture to the Lakers which has seen the Lakers rise into the top 5 defenses in the NBA.
This is a huge turnaround from previous seasons and long may it continue.