Schedule for Lakers vs. Thunder series has been released
The Lakers are moving on to the second round of the NBA playoffs and will face the defending world champion Thunder.
When the Los Angeles Lakers began the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Houston Rockets nearly a fortnight ago, they were thought not to have any chance of winning and advancing. They then took a 3-0 series lead, only to lose the next two games, and it was then thought that they were in some real trouble. But the Lakers put the Rockets to sleep in Game 6 on Friday, 98-78 , and looked impressive at times in doing so.
Now they will move on to the Western Conference semifinals to face the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder . The schedule for that best-of-seven matchup has been released. Game 1 will take place in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, May 5, which will give 41-year-old LeBron James and his teammates plenty of time to rest, recover and prepare.
The Thunder vs. Lakers semifinal series schedule: May 5 - Game 1 in OKC May 7 - Game 2 in OKC May 9 - Game 3 in L. A.
May 11 - Game 4 in L. A. May 13* - Game 5 in OKC May 16* - Game 6 in L.