NBA: Predicting how the Western Conference playoff race will play out
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers currently sit at 29-30, three games back of the eight spots. And with just 25 games left, any rational person would think it’s a real long shot they get in and they would be right if this were just any middle-of-the-pack team. But we’re missing one key factor here…
Arguably the greatest basketball player to ever have lived. The current best player on the planet who continues to defy age. The best leader in the sport and a guy that has not missed the playoffs since his second year in the league in 2005!
If history has taught us anything – in basketball and sports in general – it’s that you should never count out the true greats. And that’s why I have LeBron and the Lakers not only making it into the playoffs but overtaking the Spurs to get the seventh seed, avoiding the Warriors in round one.
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Expect a healthy, motivated and energised LeBron to come out of the gates swinging post-all-star break.