Final Four: 4 Reasons the L.A. Lakers Will Defeat the OKC Thunder

The sky is falling all over Tinseltown.  Panic reigns in the streets down Rodeo Drive, and the excuses are in full swing...

The Thunder are just too good, too fast, too young. The Lakers are too old, too slow, etc., etc., etc....

Somewhere in reality-show ville, Lamar Odom is smiling at the Lakers being a bigger mess than his in-laws.

Fans need to take a chill pill and relax. What happened last night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City was nothing more than a young team landing the first blow in what will be a long fight in the Western Conference Semifinals.

All of the reports on blogs, websites and talk shows are nothing more than reactionary panic about the Th...

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