Houston Rockets - Los Angeles Lakers

Briefly and clearly, the Lakers have no chance here, it would be a surprise if the series went beyond 5 games, the difference between the teams is huge, whether Luka is here or not doesn't matter, personally I don't think the Slovenian wants to return knowing their competitor and what the Lakers did during the season. 4 meetings this season ended in 4 losses for OKC, the results were 121-92, 119-110, 139-96, and 123-87, you can't call it anything else but a massacre. It's worth applauding how LeBron led the Lakers against the Rockets, but he's a 40-year-old going up against a young and powerful OKC team that can confidently rotate 9 players and the court won't change.

In all four games against the Suns, OKC scored not under 119 points in the first stage, while in three out of six games against Houston, LAL scored over 100 points. OKC also scored not under 119 points in all four regular season games against LAL, so these teams together should collect not under 214 points.