Allow me to start off my preview for Game 5 by saying this: If you told me last November, when the Lakers started their regular season with a record of 2-10, that I would eventually be writing about them in May just being one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals, I would’ve flat out thought you were intoxicated with vodka and were out of your mind.
But after months of what seemed like never-ending pain, losing and suffering, the Lakers continue to rally through what is now looking like the greatest turnaround in franchise history.