![]() ![]() The Lakers are the first team since 2014 to eliminate Curry’s Warriors from the playoffs before the NBA Finals. They also managed to snap Golden State’s - and Steph Curry’s - streak of 28 playoff series with at least one road victory. The Lakers improved to 7-0 at home since the end of the regular season. Austin Reaves added 23 points and six assists, along with five rebounds. LeBron James led the way with 30 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists, while a probably-concussed Anthony Davis had 17 points and 20 rebounds. But given the ups and downs this team has endured over the course of the last few years since that title, it feels like the layoff has gone quite a bit longer. They never trailed, led by as many as 24, and thoroughly outplayed the defending champs to clinch a shot to advance to the Finals for the first time since the 2020 bubble. They handled business at home on Friday night to close out the Golden State Warriors in a blowout. May has come, and sure enough, those players play for the Lakers, and those Lakers will meet the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. If you had told me at the beginning of this NBA season that come May, the two teams playing in the Western Conference Finals would be the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers, I’d have said, “Sure, but who did the Lakers trade for and who did they have to give up?” And had you responded, “They got D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, and Jarred Vanderbilt,” I would have laughed and told you that wasn’t enough.Īnd yet, here we are. Lakers handle Warriors at home, close out series with 122-101 rout ![]()
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