The regular season is over and the NBA Playoffs bracket is set. Well, almost. The identity of 12 of the 16 teams that will take part in the postseason is known, with the two remaining teams in each conference to be determined by a play-in tournament that begins on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Lakers, the defending NBA champions, are one of them. Can the Purple and Gold negotiate their way through the play-in tournament and emerge as potentially the most dangerous No. 7 seed in recent memory, or will their title defense end before the playoffs even begin?
Aside from the Lakers, there is plenty of…
