Should Lakers punt the 7/8 game and try to get the 8 seed?

[stormtrooper8]

Avoid Denver in the first round, who ended up the 2 seed.

Get to play OKC in the first round

Obviously there's a lot of risk in having your season boil down to one elimination game even if it's at home.

But you gotta think playing OKC is a lot more favorable than playing Denver.....

 

[theriver55]

good point. But like you wrote you take the chance of losing in the elimination game. I think LA Plays to win here against NO. too risky.

 

[Archie]

I think we should ask Herm Edwards

 

[stormtrooper8]

good point. But like you wrote you take the chance of losing in the elimination game. I think LA Plays to win here against NO. too risky.

Yeah I mean odds are you have to go through Denver at some point

The benefit of playing them later is there is chance they are not healthy

Then again, Lakers also could get banged up on road to playing them

Even though Denver has beaten them a ton (like sweep last year), games are pretty much always close

 

[jjgold]

The Lakers aren’t good enough to throw a game