Starting off 4-0 on their popular Grammy Road Trip the Los Angeles Lakers have lost two in a row. With signature road wins against the Celtics and Knicks on back-to-back nights, people were starting to believe more in the Lakers. The next two games would be more of the usual to the fans. The Lakers lost to the Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Bobcats by 20 points. To end their Grammy Road Trip the Lakers play the Cavaliers in Cleveland Ohio tonight at 7:30 eastern time. The Cavaliers are the leagues worst team with a record of (9-46) and just recently erasing their widely known 26 games losing streak. Many feel confident that the (38-18) Lakers will win the game finishing their trip with a (5-2) record. Most teams would be content with that road trip but in Los Angeles, the mind set is "what have you done for me lately?"
In other Lakers' news, starting in the 2012-2013 NBA season the Lakers will not be shown for free over the air in the Los Angeles region. A 20 year deal with Time Warner Cable will be in effect and will wipe out the free games for all Lakers fans in the area. There will be a few free games that will be aired, but they will only be the national ABC aired games that usually take place on Sunday afternoons. According to the L.A. Times, 620,000 homes in the area do not pay for TV. In my opinion that is a big chunk of fans for the Lakers, but the deal is already in place and it is kind of odd, since the Lakers grew most of their popularity from using this grass root approach to raise fan-ship.
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