Can the Spurs win Game 3 and beat the Lakers?

They have to, because being down 0-2 to the Lakers, their title reign is almost over.

Coming to the 2008 NBA playoffs, the Spurs have showed the championship experience that they've been riding on since winning their very first title of the Duncan era in 1999.

Since then, the San Antonio Spurs have become the measuring stick to which teams aspire to be someday. Although they haven't won championships in three consecutive times like their Western Conference rivals from L.A. have, the Spurs are still the current kings of the West. That's until one team tells them otherwise.

The Los Angeles Lakers, on the other hand, have rediscovered how to win again. After all the losing campaigns they've had, this year's Lakers have secured the best record in the West. All of a sudden, the date when they lost Shaquille O'Neal along with their championship form back in the summer of 2004 was quickly forgotten.

Especially with Kobe Bryant winning this year's Most Valuable Player award, the Lakers winning the title seems destined to happen.

But of course, it won't be easy, with the 2008 NBA Western Conference Finals now shifting to Texas at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

With guys like Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker waiting for Kobe and Pau Gasol, winning in Texas IN THE FREAKIN' playoffs is a very difficult task indeed.

Like the Pistons, the Spurs are ready to show the Lakers why they have been so successful all these years.

Sure, they didn't dominate the regular season like the Lakers have but when it comes to the playoffs, the Spurs is a team you definitely don't want to play against.

Especially playing against them in Texas.

Who will win the 2008 NBA Western Conference Finals? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Los Angeles Lakers 1.40

San Antonio Spurs 5.50

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