The Los Angeles Lakers enter the NBA’s return to play as the clear favorites to win the NBA title after missing the postseason completely last year. In a triumphant return to postseason play, the Lakers bring two of the NBA’s top 10 players and a squad that is ready to put the clamps on the defensive end.
It won’t be an easy ride. The Lakers still need to get past the Clippers and a slew of other potential Western Conference competitors, as well as the Milwaukee Bucks (or whichever unlikely team dethrones them in the Eastern Conference).