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Laker fans, when was the last time you were this excited about the team? For me, 2001, the second title. While they made it to the finals in 2004, in the later years of the Shaq/Kobe era, I started to fear opening the paper to read about the soap opera, I grew weary of the [...]

Rather than me providing more comments on game three, look for a comment this morning from Gatinho, who was in Staples Center Friday night. Today may not be a classic must win but it can define this series – win and we can almost start printing “hallway series” tickets. The last two wins certainly have [...]

The playoffs are about adjustments. In the regular season, the daily grind and travel makes altering your basic strategy from night-to-night difficult, the changes you do make tend to be minor tweaks. That gives a team like Phoenix, with it’s very different style than everyone else, and advantage. Then, add to it that three of [...]

If before the first two games in this series you had offered me, or just about any other Laker fan, a split on the road we would have taken it. What’s more, after the win last night, the template is there. It’s all about tempo, about imposing your style on the other team. Before last [...]

Trying something new to this blog, although I bet most of you are familiar with the concept. During tonight’s game, I (and hopefully some of you) will be watching and logging in with comments. (For the record, I had wanted to do some liveblogging during the playoffs, but the changes in my home make that [...]