By Craig Kwasniewski
How do I spin this? It seems like eons since the Lakers beat a quality team not from Utah. Really, how do I look at yet another Sunday loss against a potential first round opponent? Okay yeah, they're bored. They clinched the #1 seed in the west and have been in coast mode for weeks. Fine, but would it kill anyone to get some momentum heading into the playoffs? They're injured. Kobe's dinged, Bynum's having an extended injury break for the third season in a row, Luke Walton's out (yeah but when was he NOT hurt?), Odom's shoulder probably needs surgery, Artest continues to tear up his feet wearing Starbury-esque kicks and Vujacic's psyche is so damaged that a prescription of Maria Sharapova isn't even the cure. But EVERY team is banged up at this time of the year. Next excuse: they're losing but working out the kinks along the way in preparation for the playoffs... FREEZE IT!
Maybe... I do see small improvements de...
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