Lakers rumors: Three ways LA can still make playoffs

Taking advantage of their schedule

Playing on the road a lot makes things even more difficult for them.

Thankfully, most of that gets taken care of in February.

When the calendar goes into March, the Lakers have a chance to seriously turn things around.

While there are still going to be a number of road games, they’ll spend more time than before at Staples Center.

This will include a six game home stand over the course of eleven days.

In that span, the Lakers will host the Bucks, Cavs, Clippers, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, and Wizards.

Not the easiest lineup, but this team has been a different story with the home crowd behind them.

All of these teams are trying to make noise in the playoff race.

No games in this home stand may be more important than the ones against Minnesota and Portland.

Both of those teams are directly ahead of them in the standings, with the Trail Blazers being the best of the bunch.

Blast through that part of the schedule, and we’ve got a heck of a race to the finish.