We tend to think about the All-Star break as the midway point of the NBA season, but in reality, nearly two thirds of the 2019-20 campaign is already in the history books.
For the 41-12 Lakers, 29 games remain, meaning they’ve already played 64.6 percent of their contests. And, yeah, they’ve won 77.4 percent of them to create a 5-game cushion in the loss column on 2nd-place Denver.
So, what’s left, exactly? Let’s take a look.
WESTERN ROAD WARRIORS
After the Lakers completed a should-have-been-difficult 3-game road trip through Denver, Utah and Portland in December with three convincing victories, I realized LAL hadn’t lost to a Western Conference team on the road since the season-opening loss against the Clippers.