Hold on, the Lakers have only faced 3 teams with winning records so far this Season?

[oh the horror]

Im sorry but LA winning back to back titles has nothing to do with the fact that they "built confidence" early on. The Lakers ARE a good basketball team....and this is obviously an issue of perspective, because like i said up top there.....Having an easy schedule early on in a season can bite you in the ass most times when youre well into the season, legs are a bit more spent, and you're going on long road trips, facing harder competition.


Who wouldnt want to close a season out, facing a cupcake schedule?

[nevetslc88]

so why the double standards then ? People say Miami only beats teams with losing records, from what i get from you guys is that this does not apply to the lakers ?

uhh maybe because the Lakers are the back to back NBA Champions?

what have the heat done? haven't proven shit when it matters yet.

[All Net]

Is it Lakers fault that they have barely played many good teams? not that it matters as Lakers don't need to prove shit. Infact playing all these average teams has hurt L.A more than anything due to the fact they don't take these kin of teams as seriously as they should and certainly not in november/december time.

nevermind the fact L.A have been playing hurt with Bynum yet to play a game, Ratliff going down meaning having to overplay pau which is the only reason why his form has dipped.

What kind of idiots judge a team like L.A in freaking early december? this team is proven and when they want to can go on a big run of games. When Drew returns you will see a far better Laker team if anything to balance out the minutes in the frontcourt.

Do people forget Lakers lost 7 out of the last 11 games to end the season and won it all? i Would think people would know better by now.

comparing L.A to Miami, WTF? Miami are not proven,Lakers are thats the difference. You also know Lakers frontcourt will be a difference maker come playoff time while Miami there is a good chance theirs will be their downfall.

[32jazz]

wow you're right, the two time defending champion's record is artificially inflated, they are only a plastic contender

Two time defending champions who are on pace to win the same number of games as last season.

[mtaclof]

got neg-repped on that too.

[DeronMillsap]

LOL @ Heat troll fans in this thread, comparing Lakers' loses to Heat's loses.

I know a loss is a loss but you should look at how they lost those games too. And to be fair to the Lakers, none of their loses were blow out loses. They were beating the Nuggets and Jazz until late in the game.

Utah's been winning but we haven't been playing 4 quarters of great basketball either. We got rolled by Mavs and Spurs at home too. So we got to look at how teams are winning/losing.

Lakers are fine and will be better as soon as Bynum gets back.

[tpols]

Wait weren't the heat expected to beat michael and scottie's all time season record for wins? That's the difference.

[#1SportsFan86]

The NBA gives the Lakers a cupcake schedule to start the season to build team chemistry and get new players into the system, then towards the end of the season the Lakers start playing really good teams as a tune up for the playoffs...I have to give it to Stern and the NBA for that.

[G-Funk]

The NBA gives the Lakers a cupcake schedule to start the season to build team chemistry and get new players into the system, then towards the end of the season the Lakers start playing really good teams as a tune up for the playoffs...I have to give it to Stern and the NBA for that.

Yeah and if lakers had a hard schedule early in the season you would be crying how the NBA is giving the Lakers a hard schedule early in the season when they have fresh legs. I gotta give it to u trolls, always finding BS

[scm5]

Houston 42-40
Phoenix 54-28
GSW 26-56
Memphis 40-42
Sacramento 25-57
Toronto 40-42
Portland 50-32
Minnesota 15-67
Denver 63-29
Phoenix 54-28
Milwaukee 46-36
Detroit 27-55
Minnesota 15-67
GSW 26-56
Chicago 41-41
Utah 53-29
Indiana 32-50
Grizzlies 40-42
Rockets 42-40
Sacramento 25-57

Based on last season's records, which is really the only indication the NBA has on how well teams will perform this season... the Lakers have played 9 teams .500 or better this season early on in their schedule.

so 9 games out of 20 so far from .500+ teams, which seems like it would be an average schedule, not too skewed one way or another to be overly easy or overly hard.

[SpecialQue]

This reminds me of how, every time Lebron or The Heat do anything, there's like ten new threads springing up about it. It seems like a lot of people on this forum are just really lonely and desperately want attention. So with this, someone looks at the Lakers' current standings and makes some idiotic conclusion about how they suck now or some such nonsense. If they had nothing but weak teams and won them all, it would be written off as a "cupcake" schedule. If they had nothing but strong teams and won them all, it would be written off as "it's still early in the season, these wins mean nothing." People here just seem to get off on this ridiculous crap. "Oooh, the Heat lost one game! Their upcoming game against the Clippers is a MUST WIN!!!" "Oooh, the Lakers rank lower than Utah in the standings in December. They're finished!"

The Lakers are back-to-back champions and have won sixteen championships over the years. No other team aside from The Celtics has been as consistently good throughout the game's history. The Lakers don't have to prove a damn thing.

[Crown&Coke]

FOR THE LAST TIME.. THEIR SCHEDULE IS NOT THE ISSUE.. THEM LOSING TO TEAMS WITH A WINNING RECORD IS WHAT IS IN QUESTION.

Simmer down.

That is Miami's problem, they have a bunch of wins against sub .500 teams, but can't beat teams with winning records, stop twisting it up, this aint a swisher.

The Lakers hit a 4 game losing streak and now they are no longer contenders, they will be lucky if they get HC in the 1st round. The Clippers are a bigger draw in LA

You all are right, the Lakers are no longer contenders, they suck, they can't win. GTFOH

[stephanieg]

The last team to win it all without home court was the '06 Heat, and that required the birth of D-Whistle.

[game3524]

The NBA gives the Lakers a cupcake schedule to start the season to build team chemistry and get new players into the system, then towards the end of the season the Lakers start playing really good teams as a tune up for the playoffs...I have to give it to Stern and the NBA for that.

The Lakers don't need to build confidence. In fact their arrogance is their biggest problem. If they had a tough schedule from the start, they would be more lethal by playoff time.

[mashbelly]

So those teams were not good enough to beat you? ..

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