Pretty Ricky and Devon George are a big factor to LA, thats a starter and possibly a sixth man your talkin about. (especially if you don't have a second team / bench) George has grabbed important rebounds and HAS made big shots this year. He got pretty good D, and he hustles. He will put up maybe 10 + points every game, and those point can make a huge difference.
with them two gone, look at your starting line up options now.
option 1 (you can scratch this one off the list, cuz that shit will not work)
pg - fisher
sg - Shaw (he cant and WONT last 40 minutes in a game. He hasn't even played 40 minutes this whole season)
sf - Kobe
pf - Horry
C - Shaq
option 2 (this one might work...but throughout the whole playoffs???)
pg - Fisher
sg - kobe
sf - Horry (when he starts huffin & puffin rotate kobe and bring in shaw)
pf - Walker / Madsen (I say start walker first and bring madsen off the bench)
c - Shaq
BENCH: shaw , rush, medvedanko........and uhhh........well thats about it....
The coaching staff simply should've been playing both Tracy Murray and Brian Shaw during the regular season because OF TIMES LIKE THIS...INJURIES!!!! They both should be fit and ready-to-role rite now. They are natural 3-point secret weapon shooters, that dont deserve to sit there and rot on the bench every game...
bottom line, they (Spurs) are waaaaaay to deep for LA, but yet "the foxless,shaqless,devinless lakers lost to the mighty spurs by 5 pionts...ha ha look out - Wicked"
you never know how this shit will turn out...