The Los Angeles Lakers (9-2) cruised past the Golden State Warriors (2-10) one hundred twenty-ninety four at Staples Center Wednesday night. What are the expectations for this Lakers squad? Nothing less than an NBA Championship. They now have the elite player that LeBron needs to really compete. Though DeMarcus Cousins suffered one other heartbreaking, season-ending harm, the Lakers have Dwight Howard to fill some of that void. This is the record with the top 50 NBA groups by successful proportion in the regular season.
This is all excellent news for the East. Here’s the bad—and the place the West still would possibly retain the advantage going ahead. On the very high, the West dominates as at all times; in our Ringer rankings, Giannis Antetokounmpo earned the no. 1 spot, but the subsequent six gamers call the Western Conference house. The highest Western teams normally outperform their Jap counterparts for two …
The Los Angeles Lakers (9-2) cruised past the Golden State Warriors (2-10) 120-94 at Staples Middle Wednesday evening. Portland is coming off a powerful, deep playoff run that took all of them the way to the Western Conference Finals. Nonetheless, they will not reach anyplace near that point this season. They’ll make the postseason, but when it comes to seeding, I count on them to be in the bottom half of the very tough West. Golden State has been the NBA’s best group for the past 5 years. Some groups have been assembled to beat them. On that note, do I expect them to notch a prime-three seed? Under no circumstances. Will they get residence-court docket advantage? Probably not. But, will they make the postseason? I might guess a complete lot of cash on it.
The Los Angeles Lakers (9-2) cruised past the Golden State Warriors (2-10) one hundred twenty-ninety four at Staples Heart Wednesday evening. They’re young and play very onerous. However youth and laborious play does not imply playoffs. The backcourt — Trae Young and Kevin Huerter — is sweet. Younger was solely the third rookie ever to average greater than 19 points and eight assists. Evan Turner arrived for a veteran presence. There are some depth issues up front, however there’s also optimism with ahead De’Andre Hunter from NCAA champ Virginia. John Collins and Alex Len have been potent bigs last season. And Vince Carter is again for another run.