Bill Plaschke: Clincher clinches it: These Lakers can win an NBA championship
LOS ANGELES — In early November, after the Lakers had lost seven of their first nine games, I gave up. "The Lakers stink," I wrote. In early April, they looked tired and distracted and I threw in the towel. "The Lakers are not a championship team," I wrote. On a raucous May Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, I'm absorbing the deafening cheers, admiring the unabashed domination, and choking on ...
LOS ANGELES — In early November, after the Lakers had lost seven of their first nine games, I gave up.
"The Lakers stink," I wrote.
In early April, they looked tired and distracted and I threw in the towel.
"The Lakers are not a championship team," I wrote.
On a raucous May Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, I'm absorbing the deafening cheers, admiring the unabashed domination, and choking on my words.
These Lakers most assuredly do not stink.
The Lakers are absolutely a championship team.
In a statement as breathtaking as an Austin Reaves half-court swish, the Lakers ended the reign of the defending NBA champions while grinding to within eight
