Metta World Peace will miss the next seven games as he serves a suspension for elbowing James Harden in Sunday's game against the Thunder. Is playing without World Peace a big loss for the Lakers?

• legacyreaper32: "The Lakers should take care to ensure the first round lasts at least 6 games. Personally, I hope and can't wait for a Lakers vs. Thunders series. It should be an epic series!!""
• Yourteamsuck: "The Lakers won't play even play 7 more games "
• gseyfer: "Stern knows they won't get through the first round, so 7 games is enough."
• L_hop: "so it may not even impact a series against the thunder while the blow may impact harden for the entire playoffs? lame"
• krabs14 still strong: "Stern has made it clear ... that the NBA will punish so long as we don't stop teams we want to see in the finals from competing. ""
• Chute99: "Perfect just in time for the likely Lakers/Thunder series in the second round. Even more ratings for the series. Think the NBA had this in mind when they doled out the suspension?"



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