NBA playoffs 2026: Can the underdog Lakers find a path to success against the Rockets?
The Lakers are among a few plucky underdogs who can perhaps make some noise in the first round.
Folks, it’s that time of the year. Roll up the sleeves, splash some water on the face and let’s get ready for playoff basketball. The regular season is the start of the journey.
A team grows, builds, develops and believes. A vessel to guide you on your path to know what you need come playoff time. Now comes the hard part: doing it against other good teams with the same hopes and dreams.
We don’t have to take much time to agree on one thing: winning a championship is very difficult. We can probably agree winning in the playoffs is hard. The work teams go through to diagnose and dissect a team’s sets, tendencies and lineups is no joke.
To learn every play call, ATO, sub pattern and scheme. To deconstruct personnel and learn the counters to their counters. The effort (and slight delusion) it takes to try to find a way to win a series against a team that is “better than you.
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