Did it seem like nothing was going the Lakers way?

The Lakers are arrogant. And as for the last person saying OKC relies on Westbrook, Lakers really on Kobe.. That's usually how basketball works, there's one or two players who handle the game. After ARTEST, yup I said it did what he did to Harden, all I can say is KARMA.

Sort of.

Credit to the OKC Thunders. The Lakers margin of error for the series was very small. They had to play really well for all 48 minutes but they were only able to do it for 40-46 minutes. We don't have a bench to back us up like we used to during the Championship run.

The scheduling was definitely lame. I remember a few years back where we were on the opposite end and waited 7-8 days to start a series. I think the scheduling at the Staples Center with the Clippers and the Kings being home at the same time had something to do with that.

Again, credit to OKC. They are hungrier than us (except for Kobe and Metta). It happens. You can't win every single Championship. We are spoiled as Lakers fans.

They played 7 games in the first round because one of their best players delivered a cheap shot at the end of the regular season. 3 games in 4 days comes when the season is compressed due to a lockout and your first round goes 7 games. As for the techs... can't say any of them weren't deserved. The Lakers delivered a couple of really cheap shots in last years playoffs, no doubt the officials were alert to that and were trying to prevent any further trouble.

The lakers controlled most of the games they played except for game 1 and game 5 but they couldn't close out in the final minutes of those games they did control.

okc is lucky lakers didnt have a good bench like they yust to lakers had 3 games in this series and did it without any bench production if it werent for them blowing those games lakers would of beat okc in this series that shows u how good the lakers really are

The fact is that the OKC team & their coach knows that the Lakers bench sux & so does Pau Gasol who is not Pau Gasol anymore. If you want to hate someone, hate on OKC for rely too much on Westbrook. Is Westbrook team NOT Durant anymore.

Pride and basketball never go together. The Lakers have too much pride with Kobe sticking his head up without passing. I don;t really like the Lakers either.

sorry but they need a better offense

i believe too many post players has made the lakers a slow half court team

just by having bynum and pau was enough but kobe decided to get in

yep, i feel bad for Kobe