The Los Angeles Lakers Are Victims To Their Own Defensive Tendencies

To be a follower of the Los Angeles Lakers, it is necessary to come to terms with several absolute truths about the team, with the purpose of preserving sanity as the main motivation.

For instance, everyone wishes Pau Gasol would attack the rim with authority on the offensive end, but his versatility and talent makes his sometimes soft approach easier to live with.

Likewise, the inconsistency of Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom have been a point of contention as long as the two have donned the Laker purple and gold, but their talent and potential have over-shadowed inconsistency issues.

In both cases, each of the players mentioned are battle tested and approved, and their obvious impact on the fortunes of t...

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