The Lakers have definitely found a comfort zone away from Staples Center, leaving behind their uninspired play last week with yet another road victory.
The opponent wasn't as stacked as the Boston Celtics, the venue not nearly as charged as TD Garden 24 hours earlier, but the Lakers did just fine in putting away the clearly inferior New York Knicks, 113-96, Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Kobe Bryant pushed the Lakers in the right direction with 33 points, and their defense was again something to acknowledge, this time holding the NBA's second-highest scoring team well below its 106.6-point average.
The Lakers are 4-0 on their seven-game trip, and they did it Friday in front of General Manager Mitch Kupchak, who sat in the crowd about 20 rows behind the Lakers' bench among family members.
"I'm starting to see signs of resuscitation," he said as the final seconds wound down.
Indeed, the Lakers are picking up the pace a few games before the All-Star break.
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