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Message: [QUOTE="Matrim55, post: 2202535, member: 3376"] Nobody really gave them any problems other than Houston in '86. 1982: Lakers went 8-0 in two rounds vs. the West (won title 4-2 over Philly) 1983: Lakers went 8-3 in two rounds vs. the West (lost title 4-0 vs. Philly) 1984: Lakers went 11-3 in three rounds vs. the West (lost title 4-3 vs. Boston) 1985: Lakers went 11-2 in three rounds vs. the West (won title 4-2 over Boston) 1986: Lakers went 7-2 in first two rounds before losing 4-1 to the Rockets in the West finals (Boston won championship) 1987: Lakers went 11-1 in three rounds vs. the West (won title 4-2 over Boston) 1988: Lakers went 11-6 in three rounds vs. the West (won title 4-3 over Detroit) 1989: Lakers went 11-0 in three rounds vs. the West (lost title 4-0 vs. Detroit) Went to the finals 7 of 8 years, and only twice in those 7 years did anybody in the West push them to a deciding game (both in 1988, when Magic won three straight Game 7s). They went 79-18 against the best their conference had to offer. Not quite the insane levels of dominance we're seeing out of GSW this year and Cleveland the last few, but what we're seeing now isn't exactly unprecedented. Though it might still get there. [/QUOTE]