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Los Angeles Lakers (17x NBA Champions)

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schwab;1386073; said:
Celtics, Cavs, Magic

I get it.

Spurs, Hornets, Suns, Rockets, etc..

I could go on all day about how bad the East used to be. And the funny thing is, I still think the East is weak. As is the West.

What's your point?
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The other teams in the West might be strong by playoff time, but right now I don't feel the Lakers have a test until the Finals. The 2&3 seeds in the East will have 2 tough series just to get to the Finals. I agree that if you look at all the playoff teams the East is weaker than the West, but the East has 3 of the best 4 teams in the NBA and any of those 3 can beat the Lakers.
 
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exhawg;1386085; said:
The other teams in the West might be strong by playoff time, but right now I don't feel the Lakers have a test until the Finals. The 2&3 seeds in the East will have 2 tough series just to get to the Finals. I agree that if you look at all the playoff teams the East is weaker than the West, but the East has 3 of the best 4 teams in the NBA and any of those 3 can beat the Lakers.
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Word. I can see your perspective. The West used to be a giant, and there was a time that the East was a lamb out to slaughter.

Times have surely changed, and I would agree that the power has shifted solely to the Eastern Conference. 3 out of the 4 best teams in the league will do wonders for your strength of schedule, but they won't do you any favors when it's time to play for the ring.

The West used to be it, and now the East is it.

Good luck, when the finals tip off as Lakers vs. Celtics or else Lakers vs. Cavs, your conference won't do you many favors at that point.

Without looking it up, I would like to see where the last 10 finals championships resided, knowing that the Pistons were bastards in the last 10 years.
 
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Now is as good a time as any...

I have been a huge proponent of trading Bynum for Oden.. with ugly results. (I have a lot of Laker fan friends)

Maybe I am the only one who can see it, but I think L.A. could use G.O.'s Defense, and I am always a Buckeye, so whatever....
 
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exhawg;1386070; said:
I don't know if the Cavs will win tonight, but they are missing 2.5 starters right now with Ben not being 100%. When the Cavs are healthy they are as good or better than anyone. The Lakers advantage is that they have no competition in the West. The East has 3 good teams.
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:lol:

Since 2000 how many West Championships? How many east? There's good teams in both conferences, don't try to play the "they have an easy road" card, there's just as many good and just as many shitty teams with bad owners on both sides of the fence. I agree the Cavs are short handed, the Lakers needed this, they had been swept by the Cavs 2 years in a row, they needed to get it out of their head.
 
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OCBucksFan;1386160; said:
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Since 2000 how many West Championships? How many east? There's good teams in both conferences, don't try to play the "they have an easy road" card, there's just as many good and just as many shitty teams with bad owners on both sides of the fence. I agree the Cavs are short handed, the Lakers needed this, they had been swept by the Cavs 2 years in a row, they needed to get it out of their head.
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We got 'em dawgggg.. at least tonight we got em
 
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It will be interesting to see what happens over the season in the east either way. The Celtics have been going through a lot of issues, the Magic are just un-fucking-real, and the Cavs are getting beaten up. The Lakers really needed a win tonight, after the debacle in San Antonio and then Nelson just administering another beat down, they couldn't drop three in a row, especially with the NBA's best record in the line. Overall, I thought they played well but went to shit in stretches, they are falling back into the habbit of relaxing when they are up on teams which really irritates me. Showtime never did that shit, if they were up by 15 they were going to try for 25, and even then, they played like it was a tie game or they were down by 10. I wish we could see this energy out of these guys.

Bynum finally had a good game, he's been ok to decent all season, but overall, it's been Gasol and Kobe for offense. Ariza tossing down those two threes was a great sight as well, I love that kids game.
 
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OCBucksFan;1387791; said:
Great game by Bynum, 42 points, grats kid.
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Wow. Who said anything about trading this guy? :paranoid:

NBA.com Bynum scores 42 as Lakers beat Clippers 108-97

LOS ANGELES(AP) Andrew Bynum scored a career-high 42 points, Kobe Bryant had his second triple-double in three games and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Clippers 108-97 Wednesday night.
Bynum became the first Lakers player to reach 40 points other than Bryant since Shaquille O'Neal scored 48 against Boston on March 21, 2003.
The 21-year-old center shot 17-of-24 from the floor and 8-of-11 from the foul line, and pulled down 15 rebounds as the Lakers raised their record to a Western Conference-best 33-8 record at the halfway point of the season.


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