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Postcards From LA, Vol. 18: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs

MrThell posted 6/16/2008 from emptythebench.com

Instead of focusing on poor play and bemoaning the fact that if the Lakers didn’t choke away a 24-point lead they would hold the 3-2 series advantage, the optimum way to view this situation is that the next two games are actually pure gravy, a gift from the basketball gods that allows the Lakers, who happen to employ the game’s best gunslinger, two do-or-die shots at basketball immortality.