Lakers News: Celtics' Series Clincher Proves Bubble Playoffs Were No Fluke
Following the loathed Boston Celtics' hilariously dominant 112-88 Game 7 blowout of the Philadelphia 76ers this afternoon, your Los Angeles Lakers have now gotten some vindication for their previous league title.
Former 2020 bubble champion Laker Alex Caruso, now an All-Defensive First Teamer with the Chicago Bulls, took to Twitter to call out haters who claimed that somehow his club's run to the title in Orlando had less value than a standard season.
This year's playoffs have seemingly ended that conversation, as the final four teams left standing that year are once again the only clubs remaining in 2023. The Celtics will square off against the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, for the third time in four seasons. Both teams are 1-1 in their prior two matchups during this window.
Your seventh-seeded Lakers, meanwhile, are set to face off against the top-seeded Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals, on the other side of the playoff bracket. Prior to this season, Denver also hadn't made its way back to the conference finals, getting as far as the second round in 2021. The furthest Los Angeles had gotten since 2020 before this year is a first round exit to the Phoenix Suns in 2021, when both Chris Paul and Anthony Davis were felled by injuries during the series and had to miss games.
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