Well, like I said after Game 1, I thought the Lakers were gonna lose this series, and they are now halfway to doing just that. LA dug themselves a huge hole early in this game, being outscored 33-17 in the first quarter, and they never got the lead back. However, LA did make a game of it, closing to within 2 points in the 4th quarter; but like I said the other day, they haven't shown the ability to play well in crunch time lately, and that is what wins games in the playoffs, cause most playoff games are close. LA was behind by 19 with about 6 minutes left in the first half at 47-28; but they closed it to 78-80 with about 6 minutes left in the game. However, over the next 4 minutes the Lakers only scored 2 points, and went into the final 2 minutes of the game down 8, and that was just too much for the Lakers to overcome. It didn't matter anyway cause the Spurs outscored the Lakers by 2 points in the last two minutes and won Game 2 by the same amount they won Game 1 by: 10 points. There was a pretty big free throw shooting disparity in favor of the Spurs, but LA couldn't hit from the line anyway, so it probably didn't matter; and with the unbelievably lackadasical way the Lakers came out to start this game (a game which I considered to be a "must win game" for them), they really have no one to blame but themselves.
There have been 173 times that a team has been down 2-0 in a 7-game series in NBA history, and the team that was ahead has gone on to win that series 166 times (96% of the time), so that gives you an idea of how big a hole the Lakers are in, even if you don't consider how good the Spurs are playing and how bad the Lakers are playing. Barring a miraculous comeback by the Lakers or a monumental collapse by the Spurs, this thing is gonna be over soon and the Lakers will be done for the year. I'm a firm believer that in basketball, in a 7-game series the best team always wins, and it's looking like that will hold true this time too. Like I said before the series started, LA had the best team on paper, but unfortunately for us Laker fans the games are played on the court instead, and the Spurs are definitely proving to be the best team on the court. If LA doesn't beat the Spurs, I expect the Spurs to win their second consecutive championship, barring some freak injury or something. They're too good for everyone else, and right now, they're too good for the Lakers as well.