Originally posted on 05/13/2012:

Lakers have to be pretty spent coming off that tough Denver series. Kobe is likely still recovering from his illness and it's going to be tough for the Lakers to transition to this series after an emotional 7 game series.

I don't necessarily think that the Thunder will win this series but they should take Game 1 easily. Only thing working against Oklahoma City is the long layoff.

The only logical play here is Thunder -7.5.