Los Angeles Lakers: 30 Team Previews In 30 Days

August 14th, 2010 by John Friel Leave a reply »
2009-10 Statistics

Finished 57-25, first in Pacific Division, first in Western Conference

Postseason

First Round: Defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 4-2

Second Round: Defeated Utah Jazz 4-0

Conference Finals: Defeated Phoenix Suns 4-3

NBA Finals: Defeated Boston Celtics 4-3

Additions and Re-Signings

Matt Barnes via free agency, Steve Blake via free agency, Theo Ratliff via free agency, Shannon Brown via re-signing, Derek Caracter via draft, and Devin Ebanks via draft.

Losses

Jordan Farmar via free agency and Josh Powell via free agency.

Revenge has never felt so good for the Los Angeles Lakers. After being ousted in six games in the 2007 NBA Finals by the Boston Celtics, the Lakers made it back to the NBA Finals to gain redemption against the team that had embarrassed them two years prior.

They can still boast arguably one of the top duos in the league between Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, but the road to a third consecutive championship will be much more difficult than the previous two with teams such as the Dallas Mavericks, Oklahoma City Thu ...

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