The Los Angeles Lakers are still on the cusp of that final playoff spot in the Western Conference, which is a long way from where they were pegged at the beginning of the season.
A missed playoff spot would have strange implications.
Obviously, it's too early to count them out. After all, they have won seven of their last nine games and an impressive four of six on their current, injury-riddled road trip.
The only problem is that the Lakers have lost Pau Gasol for an extended period of time, they have a hobbled Dwight Howard, and if their game against the Boston Celtics is any implication, deeper teams are going to give them a rough time down the stretch.
Challenges lie ahead, but they're slowly working their way over each day-to-day difficulty, even if those difficulties have been major for the past month.
Los Angeles is a paltry game-and-a-half behind ninth place and a surprisingly meager three-and-a-half games behind the final playoff spot.
Looking at the Lakers, they are not the team they have been over the past decade. There's way too much uncertainty.
As a result, it seems like a situatio ...
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