He’s only been more positive on three teams: the …

While most analysts wrote off the Lakers’ title hopes earlier in the season (before their recent winning streak), Zach Lowe held out hope, and that’s reflected in 24% of his coverage being positive, specifically during Austin Reaves’ hot start early in the season and Luka Dončić’s latest surge driving lots of wins in LA. He’s only been more positive on three teams: the feel-good-story of the year Phoenix Suns, the best team in the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the curious case of the Denver Nuggets. I say curious because, despite 35% of the coverage being positive for Denver, 21% has been negative .