When it's like this -- which is how many of us thought it would be a lot of the time -- there is, to borrow a phrase, shock and awe. The Lakers are playing the way we envisioned when future Hall of Famers joined future Hall of Famers -- and now they stand one win away from ... (Full Article: 815 Words)

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