They are bottom bottom five finish to have a first round draft protected. Currently they are in bottom 4th place, with 17 games on the win column. The team on 5th place has 21 wins, a 4 games margin. The team in 6th place has 22 wins. The Lakers are a net 5 win games from losing this year's first round pick. The question is how many more games have the Lakers left to play. They have now played 66 games. How many games in a season?