LA Lakers vs Orlando Magic. Lakers in 4. Why? Because i’ve always been a Laker fan. Beyond that they made this their goal all year. One of the “Most Valuable Puppets” commercials has puppet Kobe looking for his “3 championship rings”. He tells puppet LeBron that you have to be hungry. That is what the Lakers are. Hungry.
After being decimated last year by Boston the Lakers have been on a mission. Sasha would not wear green. Kobe no longer had to be the star. Sure he still wants it. But the ring is more important. LA has multiple big men. None will match up to Howard. But there are 2 of them. Who can match the one not guarding Howard. So Howard has to guard 2 big men. Denver had trouble in game 5 doubling on Pau. Howard won’t be able to contain Bynum, Odom, and Gasol by himself. Orlando has good outside presence. LA has to keep them from rolling in 3’s to win.
In game 4 of the WCF something turned on for LA. They could smell the trophy. They were struggling with Denver until they realized the championship was in their grasp. If you watched the presentation of the trophy for winning the West; it was a chore. None of the Lakers cared about that. Last year they were glad to make it to the Finals. This year getting to the finals is just another task on their campaign.
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