Pre-Game Ramble: Lakers vs. Supersonics: Last Game of the Regular Season!

The Lakers lead their current series 2-1 after taking last season's series from the Sonics 2-1. The Lakers are 7-3 in their last 10 home games against the Sonics and are aacsx all time against Seatte at Staples. At the last meeting on April 6 at Seattle, Kobe estabished a new Lakers series record against Seattle with 46 points, surpassing the old mark of 45 points established by himself on January of 2003 and Jerry West in December of 1970. Lakers forward Ronny Turiaf played high school basketball with Sonics center Johan Petro in France. Both also played for the French National Team at this summer's FIBA World Championship in Japan.