Seven months after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win the 2020 NBA Finals, the Lake Show's newest championship banner was finally unveiled to the public at STAPLES Center last night. This came before the Lakers—who were without LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Alex Caruso and Dennis Schröder due to injuries—defeated the Houston Rockets, 124-122, to remain in the 7th playoff spot in the Western Conference. While I have no expectations that the Lakers will repeat this summer (though doing so would be nice as this year marks two decades since Los Angeles went on a 15-1 postseason run to garner a second straight NBA title in the Shaq-Kobe era), I'm glad that they reminded us that they're the defending champions...and that the road to the Larry O'Brien Trophy still runs through the City of Angels.
Even though the Lakers will be starting each playoff round, should they advance, on the road. Carry on.
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