Season 2007-2008
They swept Melo and Iverson 4 to 0...
They dismantle Booze and Daredevil Deron 4-1...
They crushed the defending champs 4-2...
They are the Wetern Conference Champion once again...
But when they faced the Boston Celtics in the finals, the Mighty Lakers showed some weaknesses in their game.

Here are some reason why the boys from tinsel town lost the finals to their rival at the east:

1) Lamar Odom's inconsistency the entire playoffs and finals.
2) Lack of Big Man. The Lakers do not have any answer to Garnett
3) Pau looks so exhausted
4) Lakers' bench do not live up to expectations. Sasha, Radmanovich, Farmar, Ariza are all inconsistent too in the finals.
5) The Lakers' defense is bad. They allowed Pierce to get his rythm each game. They cannot guard Garnett, their bench cannot match-up with the bench of the Celtics.
6) Point guard mis-match. It is amazing how Rajon Rondo outplayed Fish and Farmar. It looks like the Lakers doesnt only needs to fill the hole in the middle, but also to fill the hole in the point position.
7) The Lakers' 3 point shooting is very low compare to the Celtics average 3s. All of the Laker's sharpshooter were rusty in the finals. Sasha, Radmanovich, Ariza, Walton, Fisher, Farmar, Odom, all of these guys can shoot 3 pointers, but in the finals all of them were missing.
8) Coach Phil underestimate Coach Doc. The Zen Master was caught uprepared by Coach Doc, so the latter uses his unpredictable changes in match-up to surprise Coach Phil.
9) Lakers do not dictate tempo. Boston did.
10) Kobe's frustration. If Kobe got frustrated, you get a chance of winning the game agaist them.