The Lakers are off to a 4-1 start, playing this entire season thus far without star power forward Pau Gasol. The last 2 road games, their first road games of the season, have been “nail biters” with the Lakers barely escaping both Oklahoma and Houston with wins in overtime. But as writer Colin Ward-Henninger explains, these close hard fought games early in the season are a good thing for this Lakers team.

You can read his article here titled Early nail-biters good for the Lakers.