Are The Lakers THAT GOOD??

Gaga be ah nahita hoe faha-4 ny Lakers @ ny Hollinger's Power Rankings. Ny an'i leiry tsy subjective ohatra ny an'i Marc Stein na i John Shuhmann (NBA.com) fa based on stats - Hollinger stats, haha! Samy manana ny fomba hamantarana ny tena favy e. Tsy haiko ny dikan'lay SOS t@ voalohany, kay ty:

Strength of schedule
Yes, this matters in the NBA, too. This effect is not as profound in the pro game as in the college game, because the 30 NBA teams are more evenly matched, but it still affects a team's results.

This mainly comes into play in the early part of the season, when there can be wide disparities in the quality of competition, but even at the end of the season there will be differences among teams -- particularly when one conference is far better than the other. Last year, for instance, the average Western team played a much tougher schedule than their counterparts in the East.

Dia io strength of schedule io indrindra no nanamarina ny fitoeran'ny Lakers @ laharana faha-4. Jereo kely nge iza no gisitra e?!


John Hollinger says:

"How can the Lakers be No. 4 when they're 4-3 and everyone knows they're just Kobe and a bunch of scrubs?
Basically, because those scrubs are playing darn well.
The Lakers have played what is far and away the league's toughest schedule thus far, and to come out of it with four wins in seven tries is pretty impressive.
Looking at the power rankings, L.A.'s losses have come to No. 2 New Orleans, No. 3 San Antonio and No. 5 Houston. They avenged the Houston loss, and also have beaten No. 11 Utah and No. 12 Phoenix (on the road, by 21 points). They've only played one bad team, Minnesota, and won that game easily.
I have doubts about the Lakers' ability to keep this up just like everyone else, and it may very well end up fizzling much as last season's fast start did. But if all you're looking at is the results from this season ... how could you not rank them No. 4?"