Can the Los Angeles Lakers Close it Out on Sunday? Probably Not

Let me start this article out by saying clearly that I have picked the winner in each and every game since the middle of the Lakers vs. Rockets series.

I haven't come close on the margins (thanks to extremely lopsided blowouts, in both directions, I might add), but I have called the winners. If I was a betting man, I'd throw my house, two cars, and kids' college funds on the Lakers in a game following a loss.

They just don't lose back-to-back games.

Tonight was no different. Down twelve at the half, and facing an Orlando team desperate to pull the series even and keep their hopes alive for a realistic shot at the title, I knew the Lakers would hold true to form and follow their close defeat Monday night with an emotional and momentum crushing win.

It's ...

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