Lakers, and D'Antoni, are flunking chemistry

 
By Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times | Published: January 8, 2013   

It was an odd thing for the coach of Team Dysfunction to say.

His star players have repeatedly exchanged angry glances and gestures, a 7-footer has griped about being misused, a reserve has openly complained about not being used at all … and somehow none of it explains the Los Angeles Lakers being three games under .500?

photo - Members of the Los Angeles Lakers, from left, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, Metta World Peace, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, of Spain, look on during the second half of their preseason NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Kings won 99-92. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Members of the Los Angeles Lakers, from left, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, Metta World Peace, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, of Spain, look on during the second half of their preseason NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Kings won 99-92. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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