The Lakers' stunning turnaround, plus Jaren Jackson Jr.'s time crunch
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Doing some research for a different stat later in this newsletter, I discovered the Pacers, Magic and Wizards have never had double-digit win streaks. All three franchises have topped out at nine. Is that interesting? Probably not. But I looked it up, so there you go. Time to revisit the Lakers as contenders? Even before the Lakers acquired Luka Dončić in what I believe to be the most shocking trade of all time, they were rolling. They had won 16 of their...
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Doing some research for a different stat later in this newsletter, I discovered the Pacers, Magic and Wizards have never had double-digit win streaks. All three franchises have topped out at nine. Is that interesting? Probably not. But I looked it up, so there you go.
Time to revisit the Lakers as contenders?
Even before the Lakers acquired Luka Dončić in what I believe to be the most shocking trade of all time, they were rolling. They had won 16 of their...
