
Over the last few weeks, an increasing number of people have started believing the Los Angeles Lakers could be a threat to win this year’s NBA championship.
They had the league’s second-best record after the All-Star break and finished the regular season by winning 10 of their last 12 games. They seemed to reinforce their newfound status as a legitimate threat by taking Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, 128-112, on Sunday.