After the LA Clippers fell to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, the Lakers are three games back of the eighth seed in the Western Conference, which is exactly where they were coming back from the All-Star break. The only difference is that they now have just 23 games to make up that deficit, as opposed to 25.
It’s a daunting task, and one that Lakers head coach Luke Walton wants them to take one game at a time, as he told reporters on Spectrum SportsNet after the team’s loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday:
“We’re all frustrated.