Law Of Averages Isn't Computing A simple question to ask 58 games into the NBA season: What would the Lakers' record be if they simply found the consistency to be an average defensive team every night? Safe to say, they wouldn't be quite as worried about holding off Sacramento and Utah for the Western Conference's eighth and final playoff spot. The Lakers (29-29) have lost 12 games this season in which they scored enough to win, had they held the opposing team to its season average. By contrast, they have won only five games where the other team could say the same thing. -- Los Angeles Daily News
