Los Angeles Lakers start their playoffs against whet team.?
477045
Phoenix Suns, they gotthe 7 seed by beating the Hornets last night
369364
The Lakers are playing the best basketball in the league right now.  If Kobe can continue to keep his teammates involved and they can continue to play as well as they have there is a good possibility they could be hoisting the championship trophy this June.  They just need to keep getting Kwame brown the ball inside and letting Smush Parker keep breaking people down in the lane and kicking out ala Steve Nash.  They are certainly beating the Suns at their own game offensively and stopping them on defense.
800386
I'm a Laker fan but it is going to be tough for them to beat the Jazz in Utah. That is a tough building to win in even when the Jazz weren't playing well. They are firing on all cylinders right now and that is without AK47. Boozer is a monster, Okur is playing well. The Lakers must play an almost perfect game to win this one.
342404
N'orleans Hornets!  OK, that's a little bit of wishful/wanting thinking. :)\n\nI think that Lakers will win based on their stats.
501368
Yes by far it could be Kobe's grestest moment of his career because he is the only star there, no Shaq, no Payton, no Malone, no Horry, and no more .4 second crap Fisher pulled off against my team a couple of years back. He is the one to carry them. He has a steady core of role players which have greatly improved their play over the last 2 yrs. Kwame Brown is starting to crash the boards really well, and Smush Parker has come alive as well. These guys are doing something they have not done ever playing with past teams, and that is that they are playing for eachother, or team basketball, trusting one another to make a good play. You only see that in my opinion, on the Spurs, and the Lakers are starting to take that characteristic as well. The Lakers will be in the second round against their across-the-street-rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. That series will go 7 games, maybe six, and i do see the Lakers standing a fair chance in that series. If they shut down Elton Brand, they will advance to the Western Conference Finals, against the Spurs, that series would go 5-6 games, and that is when the Lakers would be knocked out. They are vastly improving, and it is thanks to Kobe Bryant. With that shot in Game 4, i think he deserves the Most Valueable Player Award.
56168
Probably. They are currently 7th in the Western Conference, and they are playing better than they were at the start of the season. Who is going to pass them? Golden State? Utah? Maybe. But I think the Lakers will make it. Of course, there is a good chance they will get creamed in the first round, but they'll be there.
360738
No contest buddy. The playoffs are a different story: the tempo gets slower and you need to bring your game to a higher level. The suns will have to play the MVP and best active player in the nba in kobe bryant, which is no easy task. Its not even kobe either, people keep forgetting that the lakers are actually a legitimite team with a resurgent Kwame Brown living up to his potential and Lamar Odom, who is a triple double threat every night. Add smush parker and a much improved luke walton and you got the lakers going to the second round. A seven game series where the suns try to run will be their own demise. Steve Nash isnt god. Kobe Bryant will solidify his claim for the MVP.
434890
I think they cheer each other like a rivalry.I am a Laker fan.I think the Lakers are gonna meet the Clippers in the semifinals.I cheer for the Lakers.Most people cheer for one LA team.
20550
The Jazz are below .500, but without Kobe, the Lakers are going to rely on guys like Odom and Smush Parker. So I believe the Lakers will lose both games vs. the Jazz.
398879
hell no Lakers suck........Spurs baby Champs again
382533
The Lakers have a lot of momentum going. Did you see the way they played today? They were moving the ball beautifully and Kobe had less than 20 points, but they won nevertheless. There's no telling how far they can go in the playoffs if they continue playing the way they did tonight.
582623
I also think the Suns are going to win,for the simple fact they made Kobe sit out of a game damn game 7 was crazy.That team has alot of teamwork going on and definely will beat the clippers.
819593
The Lakers are going to have a TOUGH time making the playoffs. \n\n...Oh, and they aren't even the BEST team in Los Angeles anymore. The Clippers have been the btter team for two years.
1093867
Probably with the LA Lakers.
1033088
The Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Indiana Pacers of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Lakers holding home court advantage. \n\nThe Lakers won the series 4 games to 2
316153
they coudl've face Detroi, but since they won their final game of the regular season against Toronto Raptors, now they have to face Miami Heat. this could be a nice match up. looking forward to it.
424804
good game??? i am tired of watching the lakers, no... wait kobe play. i dont see a team effort in the lakers team. they have no chance if the keep playing for one player. every guy in that team as soon as he gets the ball checks out where kobe is. when he is on the bench they dont know who to give the ball to. suns in the other hand oh my got.. what a wonderful team. i like the spurs but i would have loved if the suns had amare this year and have gone all the way. tooo  bad maybe next year. this seems like it is going to be detroits year. lakers need kobe to start all the plays not finish all of them. he needs to look at his teammates and pass the ball more. enogh with the record brakings kobe; this is not a one man sport it is a team sport.