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LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers can’t make the NBA Finals every year, can they? Well, up until recently, they basically had.
Since 2007, there have only two years where James nor the Lakers have made the Finals: 2019 and this year, 2021. It looked as though that streak was going to start up again this season, but injuries kept the Lakers from reaching their full potential.
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Now, the Milwaukee Bucks or Phoenix Suns will go toe-to-toe on the league’s biggest stage for the right to be named NBA Champions. One would assume that Lakers fans are rooting for the Bucks because the Suns are a Western Conference team, and because the Suns are the team that eliminated the Lakers, but the chip that this Phoenix team plays with makes them somewhat likable. Somewhat.