Lakers Confident About Upcoming Road Trip

After tonight’s game against the Timberwolves at Staples Center, the Lakers will play 10 of the next 13 games on the road. Kobe Bryant answered with a smile when asked if the team was worried by the L.A. Times: “Why, because we’re terrified of going on the road? It’s not like a concern where we’re looking down the road and saying, ‘Maybe we can break even on the road’ or something like that. We don’t think like that … we’re not too concerned about it, Stephen King.”

Although the Lakers (49-12) recently lost to Denver and Phoenix away from home, they are 21-8 on the road. They beat Memphis Tuesday at Staples Center 99-89 but it wasn’t an impressive win, with Derek Fisher telling the Times, “We’re playing well enough, I guess, right now. There’s still weaknesses that we have and we want to shore up as the season winds down and we get into the postseason.” One of those weaknesses is undoubtedly the absence of Andrew Bynum, although Lamar Odom has been picking up the slack in recent games. Bynum won’t return until at least March 30 and the Lakers will face Portland, Houston and San Antonio on the road next week. “We have a lot of problems in the West, no doubt. We have a three-game road trip that, the way we’ve beene playing, we’ll just be happu to win two of the games,” said Lakers’ Coach Phil Jackson, adding, “We hope to get back on better footing [Friday] night.”

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