DATE OPPONENT TIME Oct. 28 Houston 10:30 Oct. 29 at Phoenix 10:00 Oct. 31 Los Angeles 10:30 Nov. 1 at Golden State 10:30 Nov. 4 Phoenix 10:30 Nov. 9 Charlotte 9:30 Nov. 11 at Memphis 8:00 Nov. 12 at New Orleans 8:00 Nov. 14 San Antonio 10:00 Nov. 16 Golden State 9:30 Nov. 18 at Atlanta 7:30 Nov. 19 at Houston 9:30 Nov. 21 at Dallas 8:30 Nov. 23 Denver 9:30 Nov. 26 Memphis 10:30 Nov. 28 Minnesota 10:30 Nov. 30 Toronto 9:30 Dec. 2 at Detroit 7:30 Dec. 3 at Washington 7:00 Dec. 5 at Boston 7:30 Dec. 7 New Orleans 9:30 Dec. 9 Sacramento 10:30 Dec. 12 at San Antonio 9:30 Dec. 14 at Minnesota 7:00 Dec. 15 at Indiana 7:00 Dec. 19 Oklahoma City 10:30 Dec. 21 at Sacramento 6:00 Dec. 23 Golden State 10:30 Dec. 25 at Chicago 8:00 Dec. 26 at Dallas 8:30 Dec. 28 Phoenix 9:30 Dec. 30 at Denver 9:00 Jan. 2 Memphis 10:30 Jan. 4 Indiana 9:30 Jan. 5 at Portland 10:00 Jan. 7 at Los Angeles 10:30 Jan. 9 Orlando 10:30 Jan. 11 Portland 9:30 Jan. 13 Miami 10:30 Jan. 15 Cleveland 10:30 Jan. 16 at Utah 9:00 DATE OPPONENT TIME Jan. 19 at Phoenix 10:00 Jan. 21 at New Orleans 8:00 Jan. 23 at San Antonio 8:30 Jan. 25 Houston 9:30 Jan. 27 Washington 10:30 Jan. 29 Chicago 10:30 Feb. 1 at New York 2:00 Feb. 4 at Milwaukee 8:00 Feb. 6 at Orlando 7:00 Feb. 8 at Cleveland 3:30 Feb. 10 Denver 10:30 Feb. 11 at Portland 10:00 Feb. 20 Brooklyn 10:30 Feb. 22 Boston 9:30 Feb. 25 at Utah 9:00 Feb. 27 Milwaukee 10:30 Mar. 1 Oklahoma City 3:30 Mar. 3 at Charlotte 7:00 Mar. 4 at Miami 8:00 Mar. 6 at Memphis 8:00 Mar. 8 Dallas 9:30 Mar. 10 Detroit 10:30 Mar. 12 New York 10:30 Mar. 15 Atlanta 9:30 Mar. 16 at Golden State 10:30 Mar. 19 Utah 10:30 Mar. 22 Philadelphia 9:30 Mar. 24 at Oklahoma City 8:00 Mar. 25 at Minnesota 8:00 Mar. 27 at Toronto 7:30 Mar. 29 at Brooklyn 3:30 Mar. 30 at Philadelphia 7:00 Apr. 1 New Orleans 10:30 Apr. 3 Portland 10:30 Apr. 5 Los Angeles 9:30 Apr. 7 at Los Angeles 10:30 Apr. 8 at Denver 9:00 Apr. 10 Minnesota 10:30 Apr. 12 Dallas 9:30 Apr. 13 at Sacramento 10:00 Apr. 15 Sacramento 10:30 * All Times Eastern. posting an impressive +1.38 dRPM. LOS ANGELES LAKERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE But considering he is just replacing Pau Gasol and Chris Kaman, who both posted similar numbers, it’s too much to expect the Lakers improving on last season’s 28th ranking in defensive efficiency (107.9 points allowed per 100 possessions) or last-place ranking in rebounding percentage (45.6 percent). That said, let’s remain optimistic for a second. Carlos Boozer, never known for being a defensive stopper, did learn a thing or two playing for head coach Tom Thibodeau’s renowned defense, and he and his communicative defensive skills could be an asset to the Lakers’ silent film ways. After all, the Bulls aren’t known for being a shot-blocking squad and they still get the job done. They get it done by talking, sliding, taking ballhandlers out the middle, forcing them to the sides and helping out on the sidelines from the weakside when necessary. If the Lakers can start developing that type of chemistry, perhaps they’ll be in position to defend better than 28th or rebound better than 30th. OFFENSE Look for the Lakers to really struggle on the offensive end with only two real threats, in attack guards Lin and Bryant. Both know what it takes to play heavy minutes in plenty of games one year whilst going down the next with an injury. Yet here they are together, trying to make Lakers basketball relevant again in a world full of doubters (count us, included). It really will be a steep uphill climb for both. Lin, whose game is patterned after retired preseason teammate Steve Nash, had good runs the last three seasons in Houston and New York, before ultimately becoming a Laker in the last third of his three-year, $25 million contract. Here, Lin will be asked to deliver much of the offense, even when paired in the same backcourt of one of the NBA’ s most prolific scorers of all-time. Bryant, who is in the first year of a two-year, $48.5 million contract with the Lakers, has a bit longer shelf life with the Lakers, but he too has an uphill battle in coming off a torn Achilles and fractured left knee, all while placing a dead-weight Lakers team on his back. Some think—his former Hall of Fame Coach Phil Jackson, among them—that Bryant’s injuries will force him into more of a playmaker role than, say, of his eternal scoring-first role.
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