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Why Friday's Mid-November Game in New Orleans Is a Must Win for the Lakers
JJ Redick laid it out plainly - the Lakers have been lousy thus far on their first extended road trip of the season.
As a reminder, they forgot to show up against a wildly shorthanded Hawks squad. Then they played one good half of hoops to bury a terrible (and shorthanded) Hornets team. They lost in Oklahoma City by a billion. It's not been a fun tour of the country thus far. And so the Pelicans, who will be without Jordan Poole and Zion Williamson and have only won two games this season and have the West's worst point differential, are a team they should be able to beat even without their…
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