The Los Angeles Lakers currently sit 4.5 games out of the eighth and final playoff seed in the Western conference, with just 19 games left on the schedule. They’re 2-4 after the All-Star break, with their “playoff push” turning into a playoff moonwalk. Even though all indicators point towards the team failing to make the playoffs — with numerous players commenting on a lack of trust, effort, and cohesion after the team’s most recent loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns — there’s still a chance of them making the playoffs.
I sincerely hope it doesn’t happen.