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Andrew Bynum no longer a luxury

Lakers need their center to show up every game if they expect to keep winning

Updated: May 5, 2012, 2:18 PM ET

By Dave McMenamin | ESPNLosAngeles.com

DENVER -- About an hour before Game 3 tipped off, I was chatting with a Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach.

One of things we discussed was the scenario of an NBA Finals between the Lakers and Miami Heat.

"How would Kobe take it if Bynum won Finals MVP? He'd eat Miami up inside," I asked, admittedly getting a little ahead of myself.

"Hey, it could happen," the coach replied.

And why not? As brilliant as Kobe Bryant was through the Lakers' two wins to start this playoff ...

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