LOS ANGELES LAKERS | Rival NBA Execs Predict Shake-ups If Lakers Can't S...

The Los Angeles Lakers' path to a second consecutive NBA championship is blocked by at least one significant obstacle in the second-seeded Phoenix Suns. And after a season where the 36-year-old LeBron James missed 27 games due to injury and Anthony Davis sat 36 games with myriad maladies, the playoffs are putting Los Angeles' blueprint to the ultimate test.