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And we were also playing without the Flying Dutchman, Francisco Elson.

I found this interesting piece about Elson. Now we know why he was signed. Get him in the game with Raja and they can take simultaneously take out Kobe and Gasol.

"Elson gained notoriety during Denver's 2004 playoff series with Minnesota through his physical attempts to contain Kevin Garnett. Elson knocked Garnett into the seats behind the basket with a hard foul early in a game and later in the game was hit in the groin by Garnett. Elson caused controversy when he described Garnett as "gay" for the groin shot. Elson later apologized to the gay and lesbian community for his comments."
 
I'm not sure we can beat the Lakers, but we defend them better with our current team. They used to just run circles around Boozer and Okur.

Putting AK on Odom is the right match up. Putting Millsap or CJ on Artest would be an okay match up for us. Putting Raja on Kobe is probably the best match up there. Plus, Jefferson and Fess don't just get run over by Gasol like Boozer and Okur do.

We need to see what things look like when Bynum is back though. We're still undersized up front.
 
I think on a good night, the Lakers still shoot better than we do. They play both ends of the floor. If you remember last year's playoffs, Fisher, Artest and Odom all hit big clutch shots. I'm not sure we can get the same big shots out of Miles, Millsap, Raja, etc. We relied on Boozer and Korver to generate offense, but then they couldn't defend the Lakers.
 
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