Home Court Advantage?

The Lakers' season isn't going quite as we had all hoped. This poses a problem when it comes down to home-court advantage in the playoffs. This is something they have had the past 2 seasons. Is it a coincidence that they won the championship the past 2 years as well?
Statistically, the Lakers play way above average when at home, and their records show the same. 

The team, banning some sort of miraculous win-streak, will probably finish up 2nd or 3rd in the West. The San Antonio Spurs are playing so well and strong, there is little doubt they will come in 1st place in the Western Conference. 

So, do the Lakers have the potential to win their 3-peat even if they don't have home advantage? Let's hope so. We have to remember that they are a veteran team with almost all of their players having playoff experience at both home and away. You have Kobe, Gasol, and Fisher who all have big game-time experience in the playoffs. Odom, Brown, Bynum, and even Walton have experience as well with the past two years, and are gaining even more now during the season. Matt Barnes played for the Suns and Magic in playoff games, and Steve Blake was with the Nuggets and did the same. 

So either way you look at it, the Lakers have more playoff experience than probably any other team in the West. Would it help to be at the Staples Center? Of course. But will I give up on them immediately if they don't get home court advantage? No, because it's the Los Angeles Lakers. They have experience, and passion to win. Of course the season isn't close to being over and there is no way to tell how teams will end up. But I don't think we have to worry about the Lakers whether they're home or away.   

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