Playing very well as well. Frank Kaminsky is pretty talented as well. You scoff, but I would take our bench over Georges Niang and Joe Ingles any day.
And what do you mean the Lakers were a mess? They went up 2-1 on the Suns. Chris Paul was no where near 100% in that series.
And how can you ignore the elephant in the room, which is the regular season record between the two teams?
And coaching? Monte Williams voted by his peers best coach in the league. His team finished one game behind your team. What evidence do you have that you have better coaching?