Kobe Bryant Comments on Lakers Potentially Ending Warriors' Undefeated Streak

The Golden State Warriors are one win away from etching their unblemished start in the record books. A win at home Tuesday against the 2-11 Los Angeles Lakers will bring the defending champs to 16-0 and set an NBA record for the most wins to open a season.     

Kobe Bryant, despite his team’s slew of struggles, is looking ahead with confidence, per Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com. "I've seen stranger things happen," Bryant said. "We’ve been playing like s--t. We might go up there and we might play like gangbusters up there. You never know."

The Warriors are winning by an average of 14.4 points per game, far and away a league high, while the Lakers are second-worst in shooting at 41.5 percent.

In 10 games, Bryant is shooting a career-low 33.1 percent, and despite being pegged a facilitator by head coach Byron Scott, per Shahan Ahmed of NBCLA, Bryant laughed at the notion, per Holmes. "When I've become the voice of 'ball-movement reason,' you know you have an issue," Bryant said. "I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be the one preaching that stuff. That's crazy.”   

The first team to begin the season 15-0 was the 1948-49 Washington Capitols, which fell to the 3-13 Indianapolis Jets, 94-78.

While Bryant is right that crazier things have happened, the Lakers are far removed from being championship contenders as they rebuild around young players such as D'Angelo Russell and Julius Randle. An upset is always possible, but the reality is the Lakers, winless in their last three, are likely to see their losing streak stretch to four games.