Kevin Ding’s Diary from Beijing as Lakers Touch Down in China

BEIJING — It was a unique Lakers road-trip flight.

The team got a far larger charter jet than usual to accommodate all the extra team personnel, family and friends who joined what will be a week-long preseason stay in China for the NBA Global Games.

Some Lakers players spent the 12-hour flight bonding with girlfriends instead of teammates, while others couldn’t pass up the rare opportunity to connect with the Laker Girls, who don’t usually go on the road.

For your trusty reporter here, traveling via commercial jet, it wasn’t as interesting. Well, there was a guy sitting in my ro...

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