Nope we cannot assure that we  see how weak the lakers is when AD and Lebron is out of the picture, they really need him to give them a energy to win the game but for what LBJ experiencing now I don't think they can assure to win since even if LBJ is back still he's not 100% ok since he is suffering from serious injury. We see AD struggle when he came back he only produce bad numbers in the game. But let see's Lebron performance if he can able to get up quickly after that injury.

I didn't monitor the injury update of Durant, I thought he would not come back but I was surprised he played in that game, it looks like he wasn't injured, he is playing very well in that game, congrats to the Nets, they are now a bit ahead from the 76ers.

LeBron's presence is enough for the Lakers to win games even If he's not scoring like he usually do. Because he's a good passer, he can split defenders and he can draw two man from the opponents defense that will lead to an open man.
From there on, we can see how vital Drummond could be for the Laker team once they have a healthy roster.
I'd love to see a healthy Laker team as well as the championship contender teams from both conferences. To make things short I'd love to see a fully healthy teams in the post season, but I don't think that'll happen this playoffs.

It's a tough challenge for the Knicks, but that's alright, they are on a winning streak, they will be more motivated to win as they would like to take this opportunity to improve more as they suddenly became a good team in the playoffs. Imagine, two NY teams will be in the playoffs this season, it does not happen all the time.

What's funny is if. LA Clippers vs LA Lakers will meet in the WCF and Brooklyn Nets vs NY Knicks will meet in the ECF. 

I think the lakers will come out victorious when they meet in the first round, not that the clippers are weak, but they always choke, last year I believe they have a chance to make it to the finals but they throw it away, clippers have the tendency to over confident, at George are very inconsistent when it comes to playoffs if they really want to win George really need to step up every game.

Remember guys, he is not a media person because he knows everything very well, he is not a media person because he can predict very well, he is not even a media person because he makes sense, he is a media person because he gets views and that is the only thing that matters to these channels.

If you say anything, and I mean anything, literally just talk about UFC all night on an NBA program if you want, as long as it gets a ton of views that is what matters the most and rest doesn't matter. He can say Lebron is a bum, he can say Luka Doncic is a horrible player, he can say Lakers will be eliminated on the first round, he can say Durant is washed, he can say anything he wants, all that is important is if he gets views or not. Looking at how he is a talking point on bitcointalk right now, I would say he is doing his job perfectly and gets the views.

Come playoff time all of these top teams change a bit.  Regular season and playoff intensity is so much different.  If nets are healthy I don't think they can be stopped over 7 game series at least in the east.  Bucks , sixers?? Neither of them will be able to win more than 2 games probably with a motivated Durant, kyrie and harden. Same thing with the Lakers, so long as AD and bron is healthy, they will look wildly different than in these games. 

That what if scenario is good, it makes the playoffs more interesting, however, I don't think it would happen this year, I believe the winner will only be among the favorites and we won't be seeing the same as the Heat team last playoffs. IMO, Nets will win in the East, but in the West, it's quite hard to predict since most teams in the top 10 have the potential to win.

They are leading the Suns in the first half.

Not to jinx them, but it seems that they might continue with their winning streak. They are really playing solid basketball on both ends and with Randall playing MVP caliber, no doubt that it will be hard to beat this team right now.