The Los Angeles Lakers are not mailing in the 2017-18 season, even though a playoff berth for the first time in five years is seemingly out of reach.

The Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat, and San Antonio Spurs fell to the youthful Lakers during the purple and gold's four-game road trip which concluded Saturday at AT&T Center.

Finishing a trip with at least a 4-0 record is something the Lakers hadn't done since 2009 when they went 6-0 from Jan. 30 through Feb. 8 with wins at Minnesota, Memphis, New York, Toronto, Boston, and Cleveland.

While two of their victories during this recent stretch came against squads below them in the standings (Sacramento and Atlanta), defeating Miami and San Antonio - two teams fighting for seeding in their conferences - are no doubt feathers in Los Angeles' cap.

The Lakers have won five in a row to improve to 28-34, two more wins than they had in 2016-17, and 11 more than the year before.