How To Beat The Lakers

[Miklo]

Afflalo>>Taylor Griffin

T-Griff is really a hilarious draft pick the more I think about it. How could we think he is a legitimate NBA player? Any other team would have just not signed him if they had to draft him - and signed another free agent to fill his role - I don't even want to START the list of FA's we could have gotten instead of him.

[b-ball forever]

The Rox were able to beat LA by keeping Kobe outta the paint and forcing him to take bad shots from outside from what I saw (only saw the 2nd half). Of course Brooks was also running circles round old man Fish.
The Lakers' bench also sucks without Odom there to lead their 2nd unit.

LA wouldn't lose a playoff series against the Rox if Gasol is healthy, but they could lose against the Nugz since Denver's got a couple strong bigs that can man up on Gasol/Bynum in Nene and K-Mart, + an excellent inside help defender off the bench in birdman.
With Lawson they have one of those quick guards that typically torch the LA backcourt, and if Afflalo can guard Kobe like he did consistantly, should be good. The Nugz also arguably have the best bench in the NBA with JR Smith/Andersen/Lawson, which is important vs the Lakers.