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Lakers Dismantling Favorable-Schedule Narrative With Impressive Stat

By RC Nazemion in Lakers News

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the hottest teams in basketball right now. They have everything working in their favor right now. It’s early, but the dominance is getting a little out of hand.

Not only do the Lakers boast an MVP and Coach of the Year frontrunner, but they also have tons of stats backing up how good they are. They’re league leaders in a litany of categories like ORTG, PPG, FG%, TS%, PTS off TO, and top three in 3P%, SPG, and BPG. Dominance left and right.

Despite the readily available numbers, at the end of the day, it’s the Los Angeles Lakers. No matter how good they look, there will always be those who diminish the team purely because it’s the Lakers.

One of the largest narratives people have used in this early season is the fact that the Lakers haven’t played any real competition. The thought being, if they haven’t played any good teams, how can we fairly judge these outstanding team statistics?

Luckily, the numbers never lie, and one statistic regarding the Lakers’ ‘favorable schedule’ simply can’t be denied.

Lakers Prove ‘Favorable Schedule’ Narrative False

As the age-old saying goes, men lie, women lie, but numbers never lie. Numbers can be manipulated in some cases; this is true, but typically they’re the harbingers of truth. In this case, the truth is hard to deny when discussing the difficulty of the Lakers’ schedule.

So far this season, the Lakers find themselves in a very small group. Just three out of 30 teams, to be exact. The Lakers are one of three teams right now that have 5+ wins against teams that are .500 or better this season.

They have some of the most wins in the entire NBA against teams with winning records. The narrative that they’re only winning and only statistically dominating based upon playing poor opponents is simply false.

When you factor this stat in, along with all the other stats mentioned earlier in this article, it makes the shocking NBA power rankings look even more fraudulent than they initially did.

Regardless of what the outside world has to say about this team, the Lakers are going to continue dominating whoever the league puts in front of them.

RC Nazemi was born with a lifelong passion for the NBA and specifically the Lakers, and he's chosen to utilize his writing skills to share that unbridled passion with you, the fans. Based in Coeur d'Alene, ID, he's currently finishing up a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication and Media Studies with Arizona State University, and he's looking to expand to a larger market and advance in the sports broadcasting/journalism world someday soon.
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