JOMO, but the Lakers should be playing Memphis in the 2nd round, not the hapless constantly under-performing, over-rated Mavericks!

“the Lakers are now officially in playoff mode and that means they’re the immovable object as well as the irresistible force.”

“Don’t be surprised if the Lakers lay back and let Dallas win a couple games.”

Wow, that would be mighty big of them to soothe Dallas’ ego that way.

You Laker fans crack me up with how you talk about them, like they are gods sitting astride the basketball world, yawning and occasionally condescending to look down upon the mere mortals who inhabit the other teams, giving them a reassuring pat on the back while holding back a grin. While other teams sweat and toil, the Lakers blow past them with the greatest of ease. Heck, the Lakers are showing what great sportsmen they truly are by even bothering to play the game.

Later this year: Bynum will solve the Libyan crisis by personally taking over for Gaddafi; Kobe Bryant will cut THREE records and become the first person to tie himself for “Album of the Year” at the Grammies, as well as winning the same honor at the Latin Grammies (the third album being a two-record Spanish language version of the first two); Phil Jackson will win the Indianapolis 500 driving the team bus; Pau Gasol will return to his native Spain and reestablish the monarchy by overwhelming demand from the good people of that country; and the rest of the team will rebuild the Japanese nuclear infrastructure with a design that guarantees its safety for the next 100 years.

The truth is that Dallas is more than capable of beating the Lakers in this series. The other truth is they probably won’t, because Dallas is even more capable of sabotaging themselves, and the Lakers are not Portland; they are a tough, experienced team, and Dallas can’t get away with the mental mistakes that kill them every year in the playoffs.

You cannot deny that is their plan. It worked against New Orleans!

It will be fun to watch Pau Gasol turn Dirk Nowitzki into Sourkraut while Andrew Bynum turns Chandler into Tyson’s Fried Chicken! What a joke that the Mavs have a deeper team than the Lakers, we’ll see the Killer Bees expose that nonsense for the delusion it is. Lamar Odom will have Jason crying into his Terry towel constantly.

The Mavs didn’t fare well against the Lakers in March and May is going to be even tougher because the Lakers are now officially in playoff mode and that means they’re the immovable object as well as the irresistible force. The Mavs are just another speedbump along the way to the Laker’s inevitable Threepeat, Air Kobe will the the NBA Finals MVP for the 3rd year running – the only MVP award that matters. The Lakers are the Black Hole that teams fall into but can never escape!

That being said, the Lakers should win this series and the deciding factor won’t be Kobe. Much like the Hornets series, the Lakers go as far as their bigs take them.