The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The Thunder are attempting to build a comfortable 2-0 lead in this best-of-seven set while the Lakers hope to do their job as the underdog and steal a game on the road to flip home-court advantage before heading back to LaLa Land for Game 3 on Saturday. The OKC Thunder are fresh off an 18-point blowout win in the series opener. The team is 5-0 in the postseason and has never trailed by more than nine points or for a single second of second-half basketball during this playoff run. The Los Angeles Lakers took six games to finish off the Houston Rockets and are predicted to fall to Oklahoma City in Round 2 in either a sweep or a mere five games. They will have to try to pull off this upset short-handed. The Purple and Gold are without superstar Luka Doncic, with an uncertain timeline on whether he can debut in this postseason.…