Can the Los Angeles Lakers Win the Series?

It took the full extent of Kobe Bryant's savvy, the Lakers role players' contributions and an early (and squandered) double-digit lead for the Los Angeles Lakers to fend off the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3. But now that the Lakers officially have a win to their name in this series, it's worth stepping back to analyze their chances going forward.

That it's worth stepping back, unfortunately, doesn't mean that the circumstances have necessarily changed. Although L.A. did an effective job of defending their home court with a fourth-quarter free-throw march, it's relatively clear that the Thunder still hold the...

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