I have been really busy the past few days so a few quick posts...
Congrats to Laker fans.
From the boxscore I can see that your team maximized their opportunities while the Jazz fell to the vulgarities of a Laker friendly officiating crew. Obviously the league didn't want a rematch of last year's WCF and since the fix was in for the Spurs the Lakers had to advance also.
Tough series for the Jazz fans. After reaching the WCF last year to fall short can be disappointing. But then this is also the 2nd year in a row that there has been questions about some of the players' heart & intensity. And that is surprising given their coach. Now the question is do we stand pat as a perennial playoff team or try to tweak for championship contender status.