1 Area Every LA Lakers Starter Must Improve Heading into Playoffs

Now it's April and everyone is still waiting for Showtime to return. That falls squarely on the shoulders of L.A.'s superstar starters.

When the Los Angeles Lakers supplemented Kobe Bryant with Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, the purple and gold seemed destined for the NBA Finals.

But the whole has not been greater than the sum of its parts.

The Lakers stumbled out of the gate and fired their head coach after five games. But once Mike D'Antoni was brought in as the new honcho for a reunion with Nash, it was only a matter of time before the engine would be running on all cylinders. Right?

You could count the number of games left in the season on your f...

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