DETROIT — It’s hard to characterize a game against a reeling Detroit Pistons team as a “must win,” but the Los Angeles Lakers wore the look of relief following a road swing that saw them multiple time zones away from their building for 11 days.
It’s even harder to believe they’ve stopped the boat from capsizing after a disastrous 0-5 start, considering that they lost three in a row before surviving a Pistons surge on Sunday.
It seems like the Lakers have been on a tear of sorts, but they’re still ahead of only Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Houston in the West.