January Presents Challenges Aplenty for the Lakers

The Lakers are 27-6 and owners of the NBA's best record. Much of that has to do with a home-heavy schedule, which saw the Lakers play 22 of their first 33 games at home.

After a 12-2 November, the Lakers followed that up with an equally impressive 12-3 record in December.

So far the Lakers are undefeated in 2010 thanks to victories against the Sacramento Kings and Sunday night's drubbing of the Dallas Mavericks.