LA Lakers: Friendly Second-Half Schedule Gives Chance to Catch OKC Thunder

Good news for Lakers fans: they've played the fifth-most difficult schedule in the NBA so far.

Yes, folks. It may seem like it's all doom and gloom for the Lakers, but they've actually met expectations thus far. 

According to the Bill James Pythagorean theorm, which measures expected win-loss totals, the Lakers should be 23-14. And that's exactly what they are.

Everyone wants to make it seem the Lakers have woes that they need to address. A lot of this stems from the Chris Paul deal that fell through. When that happened, Laker fans wanted to throw themsel...

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