Which team will win their Western Conference Semifinal matchup?

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There was great concern about how teams would struggle with so many games in so little time, but the numbers indicate that they fared better than expected. Teams averaged a .547 winning percentage in the third game of consecutive days.

Simplifying the equation for the Lakers, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol have a bigger advantage against any combination of Kendrick Perkins, Serge Ibaka, Nick Collison and Nazr Mohammed than Kobe Bryant does on Thabo Sefalosha, James Harden and Kevin Durant.