Lakers Universe, Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Playoffs 2007.

Complete information about the Lakers performance in the 2007 NBA Playoffs and all the scores, highlights, statistics, Western and Eastern Conference scores and 2007 fixture

NBA Playoffs 2007 First Round
Los Angeles Lakers 1 vs. Phoenix Suns 4

Series Index:
Game 1: Suns 95, Lakers 87 at Phoenix - Game recap & pictures
Game 2
: Suns 126, Lakers 98 at Phoenix - Game recap & pictures
Game 3: Lakers 95, Suns 89 at Los Angeles - Game recap & pictures
Game 4: Suns 113, Lakers 100 at LA Lakers - Game recap & pictures
Game 5: Suns 119, Lakers 110 at Phoenix - Game recap & pictures

NBA Playoffs 2007 - First Round

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns

Series Preview

4/18/2007: By winning their final game of the season, the Lakers decided their playoff fate. They own the tiebreaker with the Warriors so they will face the Suns again in the first round, avoiding the top seeded Mavericks.

Suns and Lakers will repeat the first round of the 2005-2006 playoffs. In that opportunity the Lakers, against all odds, took a 3-1 lead, but then were blown out by Phoenix

The Lakers don't arrive to the playoffs in their best shape but at least they are mostly healthy after a season in which they lost a total of 228 man-games to injury: Chris Mihm (82 games), Kwame Brown (41 games), Lamar Odom (26), Vladimir Radmanovic (24), Luke Walton (22), Aaron McKie (10), Brian Cook (9), Maurice Evans (5), Ronny Turiaf (4), Kobe Bryant (3) and Jordan Farmar (2).

The Lakers also have the NBA scoring leader Kobe Bryant, who had an amazing year with 10 50-point games. Still it doesn't look enough to defeat Phoenix, but it's what they have. The running Suns have a much, much deeper roster and a reinforced interior presence with the return of Amare Stoudemire who was absent last year.

Another thing to consider is that not happy with Smush Parker Phil Jackson started rookie Jordan Farmar at point guard in the final 2 games of the season. It doesn't look like the best moment for the change but it's not that the team is playing great, so the end result is to be seen. Parker's fate for next season is almost sealed with this (he's out) but other Lakers --Luke Walton, Kwame Brown, Andrew Bynum among them-- will also have to prove they can dress the Laker uniform or will end up somewhere else via free agency or trades.