Losers of six out of their past seven games with just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers don't look anything like a title team right now.
And after Sunday's 121-114 defeat to a Toronto Raptors team that came into the night 12 games under .500, L.A. hardly even resembles a playoff team.
Which is fitting considering, at 36-28, they now have an identical record as the Portland Trail Blazers, who are currently in the No. 7 spot in the Western Conference. The Lakers are only currently in No.