Problem is that the Lakers probably know that they can come back from about 12-17 pts against Houston most of the time. This seems like about the 3rd or 4th RS game in the last 3 yrs that has gone the same way.
LA has won 8 out of the last 9 RS games against Houston. If, as you claim, that's a question of "beating yourself" and if you are concerned about getting past iinferior teams to get to LA in the first place, then you shouldn't worry about it too much. Those things indicate to most people that Team X does NOT have the number of Team Y, but differences are what make each of us special. You might be holding onto that 7 gamer from 3 seasons ago a little too tightly.
