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I would say yes. Laker fans should be hoping that the Spurs and mavs both lose in the first round.
No.
Tbh, even if the Spurs and Dallas won, they'd still have the easiest road.
We are going all the way
3peat baby !
Thunder are tough..
The thunder nuggets and blazers are all tougher than the Spurs. The spurs getting knocked out just makes the Lakers road harder.
The only WCF matchup that worries me would be Memphis. The Lakers would completely sleepwalk through that hilarious joke and it would be the 2009 Houston series all over agian.
Did HH hack into your account brah?
OKC isn't a great matchup for them; especially if Portland roughs them up a bit in the previous round.
OKC is a monster...not a normal #4 seed. They've been elite since they got Perkins.
If Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph and Darrell Arthur are doing this to the Spurs front court... imagine what Bynum, Pau and Odom would do
Spurs should be happy they will likely avoid the Lakers.
Having said that the Lakers aren't that 'great' anymore.. the Heat, Celtics, Thunder and maybe the Bulls could potentially all beat LA. They would obviously need some luck to not go the Lakers way for a change (not having injuries to key opposition players (David West this year, Perkins last year, Garnett in 09, Yao in 09, Manu in 08) + lucky breaks/putbacks on Kobe airballs) .. but they can all beat LA.. especially Miami.
Lucky breaks happen with every team thats ever won a le or gone deep in the playoffs. Do we really need to list the mountain of cir stances that have allowed the Spurs to win 3 NBA les?
The NBA needs to reseed after the first round. No excuses in my opinion.
No way...Portland gives us problems, although I would argue that their front line is much too small and weak to match up with ours. I would also argue that the easiest route would be if the Spurs beat out the Thunder, although if the Grizz would somehow beat the Thunder, I would be very satisfied.
I have been saying all season long that we were in for a changing of the guard. Despite the records, everyone has shown weaknesses, bad losing streaks, and they play at a pace that would get them killed 2-5 years ago. Oklahoma City is still out there. Do you honestly think that the Grizzlies will upset them and make the Western Conference Finals? And whoever makes it out of the East will give them a scare as well. As for Portland, if they make it, they will be swept, for sure.
right now the thunder seem more equipped to take on the lakers than the mavs or spurs. in fact, the spurs would be doing lakers a favor by eliminating the thunder.
We really need the Spurs to shape up and find their way to the Thunder. Yes, I want them to lose to Memphis, but, it's shortsighted & foolish.
OKC is going to be a real handful. Let San Antonio have a crack at 'em.
Does it matter? The Lakers have been to the Finals three straight years. They know how to get it done the easy way or the hard way.
Manu played in 2008, dumb . Contrast to the Lakers having TWO injured startersIf Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph and Darrell Arthur are doing this to the Spurs front court... imagine what Bynum, Pau and Odom would do
Spurs should be happy they will likely avoid the Lakers.
Having said that the Lakers aren't that 'great' anymore.. the Heat, Celtics, Thunder and maybe the Bulls could potentially all beat LA. They would obviously need some luck to not go the Lakers way for a change (not having injuries to key opposition players (David West this year, Perkins last year, Garnett in 09, Yao in 09, Manu in 08) + lucky breaks/putbacks on Kobe airballs) .. but they can all beat LA.. especially Miami.
Stop killing them with facts and logic. It's painful to watch.Manu played in 2008, dumb . Contrast to the Lakers having TWO injured starters
The OP has a fundamentally flawed argument. Any team who beats the higher seeded team in a series is more dangerous than the higher seeded team. So, if the Lakers ended up facing Memphis, that would be worse for them than facing SA, if Memphis beats SA. There's no easy road.
In a foot race, would you rather face Usain Bolt or the guy who beat him?
True.
The guy who beats him.
I'd much rather face the 2007 Warriors than the 2007 Mavs.
Why? The Mavs choked the previous year in the Finals and that year in the playoffs. Do you think they wouldn't have choked against another playoff team?
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