For the first time in this year’s playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers have felt what it feels like to have someone take their heart and drop it into a bucket of boiling tears. At the same time somebody else is hitting their soul in the crotch with a frozen sledgehammer. And then a third guy walks in and starts punching them all in the grief bone (The Office). Or to put it all in simpler terms, for the first time this season, the Lakers have felt what it feels like to be trailing in a playoffs series.

But not to worry Laker fans. The key for turning this ship around can be summed up in two words. Go Retro. And by go retro I mean wear tight booty shorts. If it worked for Magic and his Lakers, who’s to say it won’t work for Kobe Bryant and his Lakers?

Only God knows what the rest of the picture holds.

Sasha Vujacic just ‘hanging’ out.

Black Mamba joke…nah, too easy.

Luke Walton is the only one that can remotely pull off the short shorts.

When Old Man Marley is ‘cracking’ jokes, you know there’s a problem.