Lakers clinch best in the West
Published 4/16/2008 at L.A. Times - Basketball
They roll over short-handed Kings and prepare for playoffs against either Dallas or Denver.
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A long, meandering pathway led to this point -- the road to the Western Conference championship will go through the Lakers.
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