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The road to the Finals would show a lot harder than the report run the Lakers had enjoyed the previous 12 months. While the Lakers swept the Blazers and defeated the Spurs 4–1 in the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Lakers did not have home-court benefit against the Sacramento Kings. The