If I were a betting man...

I'm feeling good, are you feeling good? Good. The Lakers are feeling good too, beating the Suns and the Warriors all the while Denver lost giving us some extra padding for that number one seed that is calling our name.

It's almost playoff time and that means we are getting to that time of the year when we get to see whose predictions were right (mine) and those predictions that were wrong (everyone who disagrees with me). So, just to have a little fun I'm going to map out the Lakers' Western Conference playoff run based on current seed positions.

First round and first up for the mighty Lakers we have Portland. The one we have to watch out for here is Brandon Roy (good name by the way) an incredible player who gives any defense problems, we need to be on him early. However, Roy's not armed with the best backup since Portland's starting big men are out for the season the Lakers are going to use their size to really pound on the Blazers and over a series that will be enough to break down Portland's defense, my prediction: 4-1 Lakers, I put the one in there because the Rose Garden has kryptonite under the floor boards.

Second Round, now we are at the point where I get to just make things up, I like this part. I've put Utah up next and here we have Mr. Boozer, however once again the matchups are going to prove our ace in the hole. The Lakers length really bother Utah and Lamar is a paticular thorn in their side. If the Lakers are playing to win then there is very little Utah can do, my prediction: 4-0 Lakers.

Third round and here comes Denver! It's a Western Conference finals rematch but this time Mr. Billups is around, but that's ok we've got Ron Ron. This is going to be the series to follow. Denver are not too pleased to have waited yet another year to see a trip to the finals and they've got a chip on their shoulder. The Lakers need to be ready to stand up and brawl it out (not literally Ron). The Nuggets aren't going to go away easily but we do have the deeper more talented bench. Lamar needs to really push himself on this one because he is the key to wearing down the Nuggets over the series. Energy and execution off the bench are key we can't afford to let Denver build momentum, they won't give it up easily. Our bench will win this for us, my prediction: 4-2 Lakers. Home court advantage is a wonderful thing.

Hey, look at that the Lakers are back in the finals, who would've guessed?
We'll have to wait and see who the East throw up as a road block but there are plenty of contenders wanting a piece of glory. All we can do is sit back and enjoy the show.