The Los Angeles Lakers are 11-48 and in last place in the Western Conference. They've lost seven in a row, and there have been issues between head coach Byron Scott and some of the younger players on the team.
However, Scott isn't giving up on the season and talked Thursday about his team playing 16 of its final 23 games at home, per Abbey Mastracco of the Los Angeles Daily News:
Anytime you’re at home, you can get into a rhythm or a routine, but it depends on whether or not it’s going to be a good rhythm and routine or a bad rhythm and routine. The one thing about being at home is that you’ve got more distractions than you do on the road, so you’ve got to be able to balance the two.
The Lakers' second-year coach wants to see his team improve not only on the court, but also in how it prepares day in and day out, per Mastracco:
We’ve got to improve, especially on the defensive end, we’ve got to improve on that end of the floor. But I want them to take this very serious about coming to work, getting ready and being prepared instead of being ...
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