The Elephant On The Court: On the Undisputed...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="272"] Houston's Ron Artest (left) guards Laker star Kobe Bryant[/caption]
The second round of the 2009 NBA playoffs was supposed to be another easy victory for the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, who had effortlessly swept the Utah Jazz in the first round. By all accounts, the fifth-place Houston Rockets were the next victim in a methodical slaughter. When the Rockets won the first game of the series – on the road, no less – the basketball world reacted with shock and amazement, a sentiment that continued as the series that should’ve been an effortless four-game Laker sweep turned...
