Bill Plaschke: 0-82? Winless, helpless and hopeless Lakers have a new magic number
LOS ANGELES — 0-82? That is the outrageous question Lakers fans must be asking themselves today after the most outrageous opening stretch in franchise history. The Lakers have played five games. They have lost five games. Sometimes they have looked hapless. Other times they have looked helpless. Always they have looked hopeless. They have been blown out. They have blown a seven-point lead in ...
LOS ANGELES — 0-82?
That is the outrageous question Lakers fans must be asking themselves today after the most outrageous opening stretch in franchise history.
The Lakers have played five games. They have lost five games. Sometimes they have looked hapless. Other times they have looked helpless. Always they have looked hopeless.
They have been blown out. They have blown a seven-point lead in the last two minutes. They have lost at home. They have lost on the road. They have lost to the reigning NBA champions. They have lost to a team that last season lost 68% of its games.
They have been the worst-scoring team in the
