Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

I don't like the "moral victory" thing but it is exactly what I thought after this game because realistically the C's should of beat the breaks off us with how we came into the game, who we were missing and the level of hurt the players who were playing had to deal with.

Boston had both Tatum and Brown pretty much cooking. Those dudes are just really F'n good. They had a lot go there way and the 3rd qtr we couldn't hit anything to save our lives. BUT, we got it from 20+ down to 4 (a couple times) and the guys fought every inch of the game. Years past we would of had some fake comeback and just rolled over. This team is different and they are putting teams on notice that it's gonna be a damn fight. I love that.

I think its a completely different game if we had Hayes or Rui. Yes, they can say the same about Porzingis I know. Either way, I don't think they left feeling great after that win.

 

How elated would you all be if we won it all this year?

I don’t think anything comes close to that type of feeling (for everyone involved) if the Lakers can pull off a magical season.

Besides injuries, what other impediments do you foresee us losing a 7 game series?

I want to be as realistic as possible.

It’s so hard when they show this 8 game win streak, beat Denver handily in Denver last month, hard-fought OT win against NYK, and shades of greatness during games.

Then you have the losses that make you scratch your head and wonder where THAT Laker team was in a horrible loss (like BKN tonight).

 

We're probably not quite as good as our best moments, and nor are we are bad as our worst moments. Still a work in progress. Health and continuity are big for any contender, but even more so for a team thrown together with so few games under their belt as a unit.

If we pull off the impossible this year, that would definitely be pretty cool.