In their quest to defend their NBA Championship, the 2010 Los Angeles Lakers saw quite the road in front of them. Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol led them past a very formidable Oklahoma City Thunder team, setting up for a second-round matchup with the Utah Jazz.
The Jazz were a good team, led by Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer and a young Paul Millsap, but the Lakers always seemed to have their number as the length of Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom always gave them serious issues.
Additionally, an injury to starting center Mehmet Okur made an uphill battle even tougher.