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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP)\u2014The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> will have to pick on somebody their own size to make it to another Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n

For all of Kobe Bryant\u2019s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> brilliance, the Lakers\u2019 back-to-back title runs were built on the defensive dominance and offensive mismatches created by their two 7-footers, Pau Gasol<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Andrew Bynum<\/a>(notes)<\/a>.<\/span> Few teams can match Los Angeles\u2019 sheer size, and even fewer can overcome it in the paint.<\/p>\n

But here come the Dallas Mavericks<\/a>, whose roster is stacked with three talented 7-footers: Tyson Chandler<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> Brendan Haywood<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and superstar Dirk Nowitzki<\/a>(notes)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lakers won\u2019t control the game from the inside out in this meeting of two perennial playoff teams that somehow haven\u2019t run into each other in the postseason since 1988.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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