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Heat or Three-peat? 

That has been the forgotten question in Lakers-land as the Miami Heat and L.A. Lakers have run the cycle from early season favorites, to LeBron and Co. struggling as Kobe and Co. dominated and finally to completely reversing roles.

But for the first time in a long time, the Lakers besieged a top surging team in the New York Knicks so convincingly, and not long after, the same Knicks ran up the score on the San Antonio Spurs.

Indeed, it was the defending champions that showed up at the Staples Centre at long last, the ones with attitude and swagger in every step.  They were the instigators and the perpetrators—they were the ones committing the crimes as they imposed their will in disparagingly copious amounts.

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