You know how the saying goes: “Two steps forward, one step back.”
It’s a saying used in all walks of life while evaluating performance, with the expression especially popular in sports when talking about a team that had a negative outing after a string of positive ones coming before it.
Many of the fabled Los Angeles Lakers teams in the franchise’s history have suffered these types of stepbacks, with most of them impossible to remember through the trophies, accolades, and fallen streamers that they have experienced throughout the decades.
However, with these 9-12 Lakers now a quarter of the way through their season, “two steps forward, one step back” cannot happen anymore.