Sorry 101, 3 in a row is climbing Mt. Everest in shorts and sandals compared to 3 over 7, the Lakers had the same basic squad in place and you could see the "switch" mentality having a profound effect by the third one and completely undoing them on the 4th attempt. now don't get me wrong, 3 over 7 is quite the accomplishment, much props, but 3 in a row is 3 over 3, not 3 over 7, and everybody, I mean EVERYBODY, except LA fans hate you and want you to lose, you never hear and have never heard chant of "beat (insert team name here)" like you did the whole country chanting "beat LA, beat LA". I daresay most of the country is happy for your little team from Tejas, not so LA and so the pressure was greater, the accomplishment much more significant.
To my way of thinking, I agree with Skandery, the Laker squad that took 3 out of 4 in 85, 87, and 88 accomplished more given the talent level of the NBA back then, the Celtics of that era and the Pistons of that era were IMO tougher than any team playing today, and in fact LA apeared in 9 of 12 Finals from 1979-1990, winning 5 titles. Only the lopsided talent level of the Celtics versus the NBA of the '60's or the Bulls in the talent drought '90's comes close and the only really talented team IMO the Bulls faced were the Jazz, and they got robbed in by the refs in 97-98.