http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers6-200... Bynum has yet to engage in a full practice. It is still difficult for him to put the full weight of his 7-foot, 285-pound _frame_ on both legs and one-on-one drills have caused swelling in the injured knee. Not good He's done for the year. Accept it already. And we REALLY REALLY REALLY miss him in this series. With him this would be one we should win, as it is it's a coin flip. Coin flip? This series? Why? I can see that *maybe* vs. the Spurs and of course the Lakers would be dogs to Boston or Detroit, but this series... Lakers are definite favorites. Agree, but purely because we get the extra home game. Not becasue we are actually any better. I definitely disagree with that point and there's a reason the Lakers got the extra home game... they were a better team over an 82-game season. So the Lakers were better over a full season and I think are the better team right now despite missing 2 key guys while the Jazz seem to be in perfect health. I also think a great team that has a similar win pct on the road and at home like the Lakers shows more intestinal fortitude than a great team with insane road/home splits like the Jazz. The Jazz seem to need that extra home crowd edge to make them great; they suck on the road. brink