>>Looks like the Spurs to me. I might be biased (no kidding), but the Spurs eliminated the Lakers two seasons ago (it was either 4-1 or a sweep, I don't remember) with less of a team than they have now. The Lakers were the same team then.
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>Really? There seems to be a "Key" difference from the Lakers team of two years ago. Was Coach Jackson there two years ago? He was last year, in case you forgot.
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>Tom

I guess we'll see. If in fact he turns out to be a factor we should see regular season performance from Shaq. In that series I remember Shaq's performance was a little disappointing (to Lakers fans that is).