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I'm Brian Webber welcome to the NBA playoff preview brought you by Spalding the Suns stayed on the top -- Lakers in the Western Conference finals. Four preview please be joined by fox sports dot com's basketball analyst Mark Johnson baucus. Lakers coming off an impressive sweep of you -- up you know figure Cuba swagger does LA have a championship -- back on the bus went nowhere but that's you know. I thought that Oklahoma. City had a good chance to beat the -- because they didn't have anything close to swagger but the Lakers were able to dispatched a team in six games even though. The thunder gave a run for their money and then against Utah I thought you know they were back to reality it back to old Laker basketball. I think their clothes I wouldn't say they've got it all the way back up the Oklahoma city's challenge to -- left to bring in them. Out of the doldrums but now. The Sixers going to be tough -- four point -- size matters for the Lakers they got that big advantage in the block so to expect from the pound the ball to solid but in the -- can do anything in this project is being made no secret of that -- and it got to pound the basketball inside and you have to love the -- how the solace -- he is so talented -- -- back to the basket. And the fact that he could step out of knocked out of fifty for jumped and it's a big difference. On the other side of Phoenix Amare Stoudemire and he's only six -- -- he's the kind of -- -- market -- Boozer. Who can go over you I'll -- -- -- ducking you faced you have to give you have to worry about the size so much if -- him because it has that lets us and you can argue that sodomized -- the best player in the MPH since the trading deadline wood and all of that Cotchery went like points and rebounds against the towards numbers back it up so we know what's going on the -- how about the point guard spot clearly advantage of Phoenix and David Brock and that pick and roll. Two outstanding success in the playoffs well think about my good friend Derek Fisher thirty stitches though for the -- is Russell Westbrook who's just -- a blur of Madonna -- more than a number one point guard in the NBA in there and wins and now the two time MVP Steve Nash and yet. They're gonna run a lot of pick and we'll I think you're gonna see that 75% of the time offensively for this team Steve Nash is simply. The best at it in terms of splitting defenders. And Deron Williams does a great job -- -- double that also but NASA's ability his vision to spot open shooters open cutters going and productive talk about Stoudemire. Talk about Jason Richards and Jason -- since he is a guy who the big key also. 31 in four when he scores 24 two more this season evidently -- a game. In the playoffs would get the -- a four games. Nine points a game -- won't have anfield last. Kobe Bryant all the the stuff. I love it when you hit the English and drop these -- on May have let another area in which Phoenix as the yet the bench because of reserves playing very well for Alvin Gentry he went small against the Spurs. Foot -- that matchup against the longer and bigger Lakers. Think he's going to have to I think as an average of just talked about a lot and he has had confidence in this bench all season long. And they have responded -- has played out of his mind and one quarter against the Spurs in particular. Jared Dudley has really shot the basketball well I knew he was a great defensive player but he surprised with his outside -- And an added bonus outside of the other guys and admits they may get Robin Lopez back a seven footer needs a young player. But he would do a nice job of above going to mess in the because Andrew Bynum on the inside so. You gonna see them go small at times play quick. But that one of the deepest team the league of Steve Kerr the general manager a lot of credit he's put together a solid basketball team to go through my notes somewhere in here I think I have you with Oklahoma City defeating LA that's -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- this year you know is it's hard to pick against Phoenix because I love the way they're playing right now play in the best basketball in the Western Conference. Maybe in the league outside of Orlando but but. You know I'd just have to -- with the Lakers had just think the -- Kobe close as basketball games will be the difference in the series and I talked about his defense on Jason Richardson. I just to the Lakers right now they're focused they're that they got that hunger back you of their negative Vick always put my stuff like. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- We'll see next time.