Lakers Take Advantage of Day Off

The Lakers finished off the Utah Jazz on Monday and are taking advantage of their day off before the second round of the playoffs, in which they would undoubtedly rather play the Rockets than the Trail Blazers. So what did the Lakers do on their day off yesterday? Lamar Odom joked to the L.A. Times that he planned on attending an Angels or Dodgers game before admitting he would likely watch Houston play Portland. Luke Walton probably spend the day resting a partially torn ligament in his left ankle.

On Tuesday Portland defeated Houston, 88-77, closing to within 3-2 in the series; this Thursday Houston will host Game 6. The Lakers went 2-2 against Portland in the regualar season and have lost eight consecutive games in Portland while they went 4-0 against Houston and are 5-2 in Houston over the last four seasons. Although they won’t admit it outright, the Lakers would rather play Houston. Odom did tell the Times, “Portland is a team that plays well at home against us. They seem to kind of handle us up there.” Andrew Bynum is expected to return as a starter regardless of who the Lakers get in the next round, with Lakers’ Coach Phil Jackson telling the Times, “He can certainly give us minutes against either one of those teams. More than likely I would put him right back in the starting lineup in that situation.”

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