Breaking Down LA Lakers Playoff Chances and What Team They Have to Catch

If the Los Angeles Lakers are to make good on Kobe Bryant's promise to clinch a playoff berth, they're going to need to do it against all odds. Literally.

Two games under .500 and currently the ninth seed in the Western Conference, the Lakers find themselves three games outside of the playoff picture. With 24 games left that's doable, right?

Absolutely.

Is it probable?

Statistics suggest otherwise.

According to John Hollinger's (Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
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