Even though the Lakers have me nervous, but I think they'll either win it tonight or come very close. I really don't see their Fab 4 having another shitty game. Here are Steviekick's Keys to Victory:
• Shoot the ball better. Game 1 was terrible. Pretty self explanatory.
• Get Gary Payton motivated. Yes, Parker is faster and playing better than him. However, Gary is still a good player. Phil Jackson should let Payton run things on his own like the way the Lakers played in the first few weeks of the season. Screw the triangle.
• The Lakers have a lot of good secondary players who have made a career of helping out the Big 4: Derek Fisher and Rick Fox with Kobe and Shaq; Bryon Russell with Karl. They ALL need to step up. Fish and Fox aren't stepping up. Although Russell really hasn't played much this season (or last season with the Wizards, but that's what happen when you get buried coming off the bench for Michael Jordan and jerry Stackhoue), he was a pretty good shooter and good for 12-15 points.
• Defend. The Spurs got way too many good looks last game.
I'm not going to bother with what the Spurs will have to do. Quite frankly, everyone else here practically has and the Spurs obviously know how to stop the Lakers.