So as of now, if some of you haven't looked, the LAL are tied for 7th worst record. They're 3 games out of the 3rd spot. They are playing hard, maybe not defensively but they seem to score enough to keep themselves in games, thanks to their bench, and they've won about 5 games in which they were supposed to lose, or at least that 's what Vegas thought.
Their next 5 games are against teams with winning records and then 2 very important games against teams in the lottery (Grizzlies and Clippers) followed by 3 more tough teams.
After that the month of January gets really interesting. Some bad teams jockeying for lottery spots.
I hope they trade some of their bench players that keep them in games.