Both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers in the East were the first teams to make it to the quarterfinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament. They did this by going perfect in the group stage.

On the same day that LeBron James accomplished the miraculous feat of scoring 39,000 points in his career, the Los Angeles Lakers team celebrated by beating the Phoenix Suns 131–99 at home!

With this win, the purple-and-yellow team won Group A of the NBA In-Season Tournament and became the first Western team to make it to the semifinals.

In the East this morning, the Indiana Pacers beat the Atlanta Hawks with an amazing score of 157-152 (no OT).

The LA Lakers are in the right place at the right time for the NBA In-Season Tournament.

The Regular Season is off to a bad start, with only three wins in eight games and three straight losses. However, LeBron James and his friends seem to have changed since the group stage games of the In-Season Tournament.

With wins over the Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, and now the Utah Jazz, the yellow and purple shirt team is in first place in the table. The Los Angeles Lakers are back on track with a 9-6 record, which includes their wins in the regular season.

In the In-Season Tournament, the Lakers went from having an unstable form to winning games, with each win having a different score. This is why they were called a “complete transformation.”