GOLAKERS24 on May 3, 2008 at 10:51 am said:

no i think lakers with this energy can repeat history i think they have what it takes to sweep ever team on the road to the finals

YES SIR. TOTALLY I AGREE.

lakerfan81 on May 3, 2008 at 11:56 am said:

It will go at least 6. Utah is better than people give them credit for. They made the WCF last year and they are better this year. They have improved as the year went on (just like the Lakers, both are young teams) and they match up pretty well with the Lakers. They are one of the few teams that can match the Lakers length in the front court (Odom, Gasol, Vlad/Walton Vs. AK47, Boozer, Okur). They also have a bench that is almost as deep as the Lakers. They like to play physical; they like to push and bump people hoping to wear them out. It should be an entertaining series, high scoring.

Key to the series for the Lakers:
Limit second chance points.
Slow Deron Williams down (he makes the team go, if you can slow him down the team will not be as efficient offensively)
Pick N’ Roll Defense
Pick N’ Roll defense (thought that was worth repeating.)

Exactly the things we need to do in this series! Rebounding will kill us if we don’t do it, also if the Lakers can somehow make Deron a scorer and not a playmaker then we’ll win for sure! Those are basically the two things we need to do in order to not have a Game 6. I doubt we’ll sweep, but a 5 game series with us as the victors suits me just fine, including we’ll be well-rested enough to go against the Spurs (I’m not even going to mention the Hornets, I mean, no offense to them, but seriously, Hornets beating the Spurs? That’s illogical, right?). Also I think we’ll have Ariza back by Mid-2nd Round probably at best, but you never know, they might end up saving him for Ginobili, as for Bynum, well, let’s just say he’s in a better place than on the floor (on his bed).

playdefense on May 3, 2008 at 1:00 pm said:

lakers in 5. period. kobe is so hungry for the ring that he will drop 100 if thats what it takes to win.. besides nobody on utah matches up well with kobe.. not even ak 47. and if ak guards kobe then who will guard lamars penetration? okur?i dont think so.. boozer? no nearly quick enough. too many weapons for the lakers

plus, they don’t got anybody to match up with Gasol, Odom and Gasol are gonna toss Boozer around becuase Okur plays on the outside

Key to the series for the Lakers:
Limit second chance points.
Slow Deron Williams down (he makes the team go, if you can slow him down the team will not be as efficient offensively)
Pick N’ Roll Defense
Pick N’ Roll defense (thought that was worth repeating.)

THE KEY: KOBE’S D ON D-WILL..U JUS KNO HE IS GOING TO GUARD HIM