6 games behind Denver with a rough schedule upcoming for them, dare to dream?

[ardee]

They're the 8th seed. In the next 10 days, they will face Boston, San Antonio, OKC and the Warriors.

[TylersLakers]

Nah, certainly not dreaming. I'm not looking at playoffs at all. It's more about individuals and Ball, Ingram, Kuzma, Randle, Nance playing well together.

[Beethoven]

If the team plays well together rest of way, that equals playoffs I believe

[Kobe System]

Our next 10

@ CHI
@ TOR
@ ORL
@ BRK
@ OKC
vs PHX
vs OKC
@ DAL
@NO
@ MIN

8 games on the road. I want to be optimistic, but I will be happy with 5-5.

[TKainZero]

Our next 10

@ CHI
@ TOR
@ ORL
@ BRK
@ OKC
vs PHX
vs OKC
@ DAL
@NO
@ MIN

8 games on the road. I want to be optimistic, but I will be happy with 5-5.

Every single game of those is winnable

Okc is the toughest opponent by far

[ISayshowmee]

Heck ya...Lakers are having a season surpassing expectations from lots of critics.....why not ?

[TheHartBreakKid]

Not impossible but also extremely unlikely, considering the fact that we have leapfrong the Jazz and Clippers are well, both teams whose records don't indicate their actual talent level (injuries). A realistic achievable but still end to the season is atleast maintaing the 11th seed...the teams below us are simply worse teams....with far more incentives to lose, AND having a record that would be the equivelent of 10th in the East. That would mean that our pick is likely to be 10th, which is probably a way worse pick than Boston expected when they made that trade.


Of course, leapfrogging atleast one of the Jazz or Clippers is far from impossible...who knows how strongly we might finish the season. Getting 9th seed would be exceeding expectations for this season, imo.

[Spanish_Laker]

Nah, we have a rough schedule on the road coming up. The goal is to reach 30-35 wins this season.

[iQon]

We will need Zo back to truly make this happen. There's no way around that, unfortunately.

[Dr Aki]

0-10

Sky falls on top of us

[Pythagoras]

Well, for starters, we're talking about trading Clarkson or Randle before the deadline. People need to be prepared for this team to take a major step backward at least initially if they trade one of those guys. Beyond that...

Our next 10

@ CHI
@ TOR
@ ORL
@ BRK
@ OKC
vs PHX
vs OKC
@ DAL
@NO
@ MIN

8 games on the road. I want to be optimistic, but I will be happy with 5-5.

Every single game of those is winnable

Okc is the toughest opponent by far

Minn, Tor, and NO? Even if OKC is the toughest opponent, (debatable IMO), they've got 5 games against teams definitely better, with 4 of those being on the road. I'd be happy with 5-5 as well.

As far as the season, 37 wins. That's my realistic hope.

[TylersLakers]

Yup, 5-5 or even 4-6, I'd be thrilled.

[Naero]

Four-consecutive wins.

We obviously aren't making the playoffs—it never was realistic to move the needle from the lottery to the Western Conference Playoffs to begin with just without more than just the addition of a few lottery picks and role-players—but if they at least have the accession of a middle-pack team? That'll mean a lot for me, progressionally speaking.

We're on-pace to win 30-plus games and counting now that our most embattling stretch of the season is over; between that and all our meteoric strides on the defensive end, it's as reassuring of realistic progress as I could have hoped for moving into the season.

[LAKESHOW]

Too many young guys. I just wanna see growth. If that leads us into the dance? So be it

[TKainZero]

We can lose 12 more games this season.

This team can beat anyone. Even when almost everyone is playing badly, they found a way to win.

[danfantastk32]

Nothing to tank for...so why not dream?

We all know it's a LONG shot.....but who doesn't wanna see us in the playoffs? Honestly, I think it would be great for us to go get it handed to us by GS. Let the kids know what the real season is....give them perspective looking forward.

[stan francisco]

If we make the playoffs, watch out. This young group full of confidence and with solid defense? I wouldn't wanna face us.

It's possible, but not plausible.

[Rosque]

Currently 19-29

My predictions

@Toronto - Loss 19-30
@Orlando - Win 20-30
@Brooklyn - Win 21-30
@OKC - Loss 21-31
Phoenix - Win 22-31
OKC - Win 23-31
@Dallas - Win 24-31
@Pelicans - Win 25-31
@Minnesota - Loss 25-32
Dallas - Win 26-32
@Sacramento - Loss 26-33
@Atlanta - Win 27-33
@Miami - Loss 27-34
@Spurs - Loss 27-35
Portland - Win 28-35
Orlando - Win 29-35
@Denver - Win 30-35
Cleveland - Win 31-35
Denver - Win 32-35
@Warriors - Annual win 33-35
Miami - Loss 33-36
@Indiana - Win 34-36
@Pelicans - Win 35-36
@Memphis - Win 36-36 .500 BALL
@Detroit - Loss 36-37
Dallas - Win 37-37
Bucks - Loss 37-38
Sacramento - Win 38-38
@Jazz - Win 39-38
Spurs - Loss 39-39
Minny - Win 40-39
Utah - Win 41-39
Houston - Loss 41-40
Clippers - Win 42-40

The only game I maybe went overboard was Warriors for our anual win.

[Saru]

Our next 10

@ CHI
@ TOR
@ ORL
@ BRK
@ OKC
vs PHX
vs OKC
@ DAL
@NO
@ MIN

8 games on the road. I want to be optimistic, but I will be happy with 5-5.

okc will be the only difficult match up and the rest are winnable. I'm feeling optimistic, one game at a time.

[danfantastk32]

If we make the playoffs, watch out. This young group full of confidence and with solid defense? I wouldn't wanna face us. It's possible, but not plausible.

Well....as much as I'd like to get carried away, we'd be facing GS. We'd be down by 18 in the first 5 minutes, before we even knew what hit us. GS will turn it on, and go full wrecking ball. 4 brutal beat-downs.

But we'd walk away with a much better understanding of what it takes. The youngsters would be shown a new level. And who knows? Maybe we make a game or two interesting.