wildyams

The Lakers are about to win Game 6 and eliminate the Spurs, becoming the first team since 1995 to win a series after trailing 0-2 in a seven game series. At the beginning of the series I said that LA would in in 7, and I said that whoever won Game 1 would win the series and the championship. Well, clearly I was wrong on all counts, and I've never been happier to be wrong :lol The Lakers opponent in the next round is not set yet, so I can only speculate about that series for now.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Sacramento Queens are battling to see who gets to play the Lakers in the next round, and right now the TWolves are up 3 games to 2, with Game 6 of that series tomorrow in Sacramento. Personally I'd rather see the Lakers play Sacramento because the Queens are my least favorite team in the league right now, and I'd love to see LA beat them again (as they always have). Also, against Sacramento LA would have home court advantage (against Minnesota the Lakers would not), and Sacramento is in the same time zone as LA, whereas Minnesota is 2 hours earlier, so a Lakers-Queens series would mean all the games would start late. We'll have to wait and see on that series though, more on that when that series is finished.

For now, it was exactly one year ago today that the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs and had their quest for a 4th consecutive championship ended by the Spurs here in LA. Today LA turned the tables on them and returned the favor as LA tries to win their 4th championship in 5 years. What can I say, believe me I'm overcome with relief and happiness because I think that the Spurs were definitely the toughest team out there for the Lakers, and having beat them, I think the Lakers should win it all this year.

Anything can happen though, and the next round will definitely not be easy as both the Queens and TWolves are very good teams (both beat the Lakers 3 out of 4 times this year), but I don't think either of those teams is as good as San Antonio was, so hopefully it will get easier from here. LA has to keep playing defense the way they have though, otherwise anyone could beat them. That said, LA has played some of the best defense I've seen in a long time these last 4 games, and if they keep it up, they really should be able to beat anyone.