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Can The Sub-.500 Lakers Still Salvage Their Season?

Can Lakers Still Salvage Their Season?
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Sports Editor, The Huffington Post

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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers walks to center court to come into the game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on December 13, 2012 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. The Knicks defeated the Lakers 116-107. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

NEW YORK -- If this continues, the Lakers will find themselves sitting out of the playoffs, a team built for June somehow managing to make it to April, which would make them Hollywood’s version of a costly box-office bomb, a production that disappears after the opening week.

Yes, if the Lakers keep living on sub-.500 ball and disappearing defensively and losing to teams like Cleveland, then all the money spent and expectations raised will be wasted along with one of the few remaining years in Kobe Bryant’s career.

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