Excuse 1 - “no fans”: the Lakers would’ve had home court advantage in every series but didn’t. If no fans did anything to LA, it was give them a disadvantage
Excuse 2 - players didn’t care/want to be there: so that’s the Lakers fault? They showed up to play, I don’t want to hear it
Excuse 3 - the Heat were hurt: has nothing to do with the bubble… every playoffs stars get hurt
Excuse 4 - crazy player performances = not real NBA games: winning an NBA title is about winning 4 different 7 game series. The Lakers did that in the same conditions everyone else did
Excuse 5 - time off between regular season and playoffs: every team played under the same conditions. The Lakers didn’t get more rest than anyone else. For the first time ever all the best teams showed up to the playoffs fully healthy… how does that make it less legit? Would it have been more legit if players showed up hurt?
BOTTOM LINE:
Anyone making these arguments didn’t say anything beforehand about it not counting. If their team won, it would be legit.
Still have yet to hear a single credible argument