Forcing a seventh game in the NBA Finals would not only give the LA Lakers a shot at their second straight championship, it would likely only consolidate their status as the league's most profitable club. The Lakers came into the 2009-'10 season just ahead of the Chicago Bulls in operating income. Other notables are the Celtics in 9th, the Toronto Raptors in 8th and the now Oklahoma City Thunder in 10th (based on their net profits in their last season in Seattle). |