Monday, November 29, 2004

Lakers, Dead or Alive?

So, the Lakers are one month into the Solo Kobe Era, and they are a
respectable 8-6, tied for the 8th playoff spot. So maybe the
predictions of doom and gloom were misplaced.

Or were they...

The list of teams the Lakers have beaten: Denver, Atlanta, New
Orleans, Houston, Clippers, Chicago, Milwaukee and New Orleans. Um,
yuck.

A conspiracy theory buff would almost think that the Lakers were
given a soft early schedule to keep their luster alive as long as
possible. This person would also probably point to the Lakers' href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/lal/schedule?v=list&m=04&y=2005">brutal
April schedule to solidify his theory.

Thankfully there are no conspiracy theorists here.

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