Analyzing the Los Angeles Lakers Bench

The Los Angeles Lakers have the best, or one of the best, starting lineups in all of basketball. They have the best player in the game, Kobe Bryant, and the best big man in the game with Pau Gasol. 

Artest provides the rugged defense and toughness. Fisher is the veteran and clutch shot maker that the team can count on when the games matter. Bynum rounds out the lineup, as he has proven to be a solid center with a very bright and promising future, if he stays healthy. 

With the starting lineup having so much success, the same thing can't be said for the Lakers bench unit. Within the last two years, Lakers fans cringed when the bench entered the game in relief for the starters. 

The starting lineup would build double digit leads and Laker fans would watch ...

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