In the months before, the frailty of the NBA season seems more abstract, each game representing an equal 1.2% slice of the season. When you’re in the grind of it, the tomorrows eclipse any finality. Until it gets here — and then all you’re left with are ‘if onlys.’ If only the Lakers had been sharper out of the in-season tournament. If only it hadn’t taken so long to find their shooting stroke. If only they'd held tighter onto the rope against Brooklyn and Sacramento. If only they’d been a... Read this story
