TUCSON, ARIZONA - NOVEMBER 27: Charles Barkley looks on from the first tee during Capital One's The Match: Champions For Change at Stone Canyon Golf Club on November 27, 2020 in Oro Valley, Arizona. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images for The Match)
The 2021 NBA playoffs are underway and the Los Angeles Lakers locked horns with the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. After a phenomenal victory over the Warriors in the play-in tournament, the Lakers had all the momentum. They looked in great form and in fact emerged as the favorites in the series over the second-seeded Suns.