Heres a statement thats bound to ruffle a few Laker fan's feathers. 

The Lakers were lucky to sneak away with a game 1 victory.  How often do we see a team shoot 14% in a 4th quarter and still be in a position to win inside 2 minutes?  And NO I don't attribute this to a stingy Laker defense.  The Spurs have been doing this all season against many different teams.  They go through stretches where they have trouble scoring.  In the final 18 minutes of game 1 the Spurs could only manage to score 20 points.  2 of those came on a dunk by Kobe off a Timmy miss.  So really we can say that they only managed 18 points in 18 minutes, yet they stll had a chance to grab homecourt in the closing minute of the game!

Scoring is something that can be on one night and off another.  Defense, however, is always going to be a constant.  How many times do you hear a commentator say a player is having an off night on defense?  The point im getting at is that the Spurs are going to be playing defense no matter what. 

Are the Spurs going to have anymore scoring droughts during this series?  Highly likely.  Will they go 18 minutes and only manage 20 points again?  Probably not.  I think its going to depend on who steps up for their respective team.  If fisher and odom can manage more than 12 points combined than they stand a great chance at winning.  On the flip side if Manu can manage more than just 10 the Spurs stand a great chance.  The Spurs shooters also have to demonstrate that they can knock down open threes.  I think the Spurs will shoot better in game 2 and if the play defense as well as they did in game 1 they will not only win game 2, but the series.