The Lakers are the Jim O'Brien Celtics, one all star swingman (Pierce vs Kobe), a goofy forward (see Odom's work ethic vis-a-vis Antoine's shot selection), another goofy forward (McCarty vs Gasol in terms of softness galore), a so-called tough center (Vitaly's head butts vs Bynum taking it on the shin and being out), and other useless spot shooters (see Delk, Rogers vs Sasha, Farmar) and you can see that the Western Conf is weak, if they can't hold these clowns back.