NBA: 10 Reasons Why the Los Angeles Lakers Won’t Win It All This Year

Former Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers coach Rudy 'T' Tomjanovich once said "Never underestimate the heart of a champion."  

He said this in 1995, right after his sixth-seeded Houston Rockets managed to overcome the 60-22 Utah Jazz, the 59-23 Phoenix Suns, the 62-20 San Antonio Spurs and  the 57-25 Orlando Magic, beating the teams with the four best records in the NBA and leading his team as the lowest seed to have won a championship.  They may have been the reigning 1993-94 NBA champions, but with their dismal record, the Rockets were largely counted out by the time the playoffs arrived. 

Fast forward 15 years later, as the 2008 champion Boston Celtics faced off against 2009 champion Los Angeles Lakers to contend for the 2010 title.  In a thr...

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