This is a series where people really don't know what will happen, as the Lakers have been playing inconsistent and the Nuggets have been taking care of business to make people second guess them.
But, yesterday in Game 7 against Houston, I finally saw Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum play the way everyone has been waiting for them to play and that made me think, if they would put up this performance for the remainder of the playoffs then why bother picking against the Lakers.
I really believe that LA will take that Game 7 and improve on it in the Denver series which will lead them into the finals where they will take care of business and capture their 15th championship.
The Houston series I have several explanations for, first I think Houston really used the fact that they are useless without Yao Ming so why bother trying to win, "just go out and play and see what happens." And what happened was that the Lakers took them too soft and let them gain momentum to win games on their home floor.
Also I believe the tag team duel of Artest and Battier guarding Kobe had a huge effect on the series. Because when you limit Kobe's touches with the ball, he is taken out of his game and everytime he gets the ball he tries "saving the team on his own," which would lead to the rest of the team looking on and forgetting that they are playing too which results in the whole team struggling.
I have been a Lakers fan for over 10 years and I have never seen a Laker team consistent under coach Phil Jackson, so seeing how they've been performing in these playoffs doesn't surprise me because I know even though they are playing like that, they find ways to win at the end.
It doesn't matter how long it takes to get to the finals, this whole thing that they went seven games with the Rockets is just a bunch of bull, and Cleveland sweeping their two series doesn't mean that they are winning a title.
LA has the complete team and they will be holding that NBA trophy at the end of this NBA season.
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