The Lakers, who were a game below.500 at the time, had hit what felt like a bottom after 49 games of the season. They lost two straight games against losing teams, and it seemed like they couldn’t win without incredible performances from LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
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Whether Rob Pelinka could work his deadline magic to breathe new life into the Lakers’ dismal squad or not, the season appeared doomed.
Then, without LeBron or AD, something changed in the Lakers’ very next game—against the despised Celtics—in Boston.
Six players scored in double figures for the rejuvenated Lakers, who were playing with a level of team spirit they had not displayed all season.
With the exception of that game on February 1, the Lakers have won six of their previous seven games and lost only one, including three of their last four against clubs who have won at least 60% of their games this season.
With the greatest offensive and defensive units in the NBA and a net rating of fifth over the last two weeks, the Lakers appear to be developing into legitimate contenders based on a number of criteria.
Associated Through their current winning streak, the Lakers have started to form a new identity around a pattern that started in the game after they won in New York rather than in Boston and came to a head in the team’s last game before the
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