Los Angeles Lakers Schedule 2019 Lakers Schedule

The Lakers have been a pedestrian team over the last four-five seasons or so, but also just landed The Kings, LeBron James. The Lakers are already a popular team within the country, but now adding the world’s most marketable player, get ready to see a ton of Lakers on televised games. Los Angeles has an Opening Week game against Portland, and then over the weekend they play the Rockets. Christmas Day will feature the Lakers against Golden State in the Bay Area, then again on Martin Luther King Jr Day. LeBron is quite familiar with Golden State, but now four games are a given playing in the same division. The Lakers have just 13 back-to-backs this season, which is about the average. Los Angeles has five nationally televised games in the opening month, and then have 11 over the final month of the season. Anytime you land the world’s best player, you are going to make a jump. Getting off to a strong start will be key, because the West is not as forgiving as the East. The Lakers went 16-33 against teams above .500 last season, which will go up, but not an enormous jump because the surrounding cast is still questionable. The Lakers went 20-10 against teams below .500, and facing the Kings and Suns eight times is going to help establish some wins. The Lakers will likely improve in division, as the Warriors are really the only team that gives them trouble. They are also two games over .500 against the East, and that is an area that will need to improve if the Lakers want to make the postseason. Overall the Lakers should be in contention for the playoffs, and the run in at the end facing Oklahoma City, Golden State, Los Angeles, Utah, and Portland is going to be a tough one if they are a few games back or barely holding on.