Stephen A Smith debuts new mini series Stay off the three starring the Lakers
Stat Muse Among teams with a 3-game sample size the best defensive rating in the NBA belongs to The Los Angeles Lakers
Coach Malone with some motivation for his squad: "We have tasted what it's like to win in the playoffs, we have tasted how close we were to the Western conference finals"
Michael Jordan's kind words to Kobe Bryant prior to the Lakers - Hornets game