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NBA Playoffs Rd 1: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder


King Taharqa

Who will win?  

23 members have voted

  1. 1. Who will win?

    • Los Angeles Lakers
      16
    • Oklahoma City Thunder
      7


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(1) Los Angeles Lakers (56-24)

STARTING 5

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PG # 2 Derek Fisher

6'1 210 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

7.5 PPG 2.5 APG 1.1 SPG 85.2 FT% 34.4 3PT%

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SG #24 Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Ardmore, PA)

27.0 PPG 5.0 APG 5.4 RPG 81.1 FT% 32.9 3PT%

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SF # 37 Ron Artest

6'7 260 lbs

St. John's '99

11.2 PPG 4.3 RPG 3.0 APG 1.4 SPG 36.0 3PT%

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PF #16 Pau Gasol

7'0 250 lbs

Spain '01

18.2 PPG 11.3 RPG 3.4 APG 1.8 BPG 53.1 FG%

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C #17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph's HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

15.0 PPG 8.3 RPG 1.4 BPG 57.0 FG%

BENCH

PG-Shannon Brown

PG-Jordan Farmar

SG-Sasha Vujacic

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-DJ Mbenga

HEAD COACH

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Phil "Zen Master" Jackson

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(8) Oklahoma City Thunder (49-32)

STARTING 5

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PG #0 Russell Westbrook

6'3 187 lbs

UCLA '08

16.3 PPG 8.1 APG 4.8 RPG 1.3 SPG

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SG #2 Thabo Sefolosha

6'7 215 lbs

Switzerland '06

5.9 PPG 4.7 RPG 1.8 APG

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SF #35 Kevin Durant

6'9 230 lbs

Texas '07

30.1 PPG 7.6 RPG 89.8 FT% 35.9 3PT%

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PF #22 Jeff Green

6'9 235 lbs

Georgetown '07

15. 1 PPG 6.0 RPG 33.7 3PT%

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C #12 Nenad Krstic

7'0 240 lbs

Yugoslavia '02

8.4 PPG 5.0 RPG 50.2 FG%

BENCH

PG-Eric Maynor

SG-James Harden

SF-Kyle Weaver

PF-Nick Collison

C-Serge Ibaka

HEAD COACH

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Scott Brooks

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Kevin Durant will win his first scoring title of his career this season, but wont be enough to dethrone the defending champs. Lakers in 5 games.

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I'm going to go with the Lakers in 6. The Lakers are not playing their best ball entering the playoffs... That said I do not believe OKC can beat the lakers 4 games.... I think they will find away to pull out 2. One of the more interesting first round matchups.... I wished Durant and the thunder could have gotten the 7 or any other seed so they could have a chance in advancing out of the first round.

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I like the Lakers in 7 in this one, the thunder are a bad match-up for the Lakers. They have the advantage in speed and athleticism. That's a combo that the Lakers haven't handled well this season.

Your right about the speed, but with Bynum being back in the starting lineup, I see them having issues with Bynum and Gasol... Plus with Lamar coming off the bench now the Lakers bench will really dominate the Thunders bench.

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