Lakers in 5 is a long-running piece of NBA fan slang, used as a confident prediction that the Los Angeles Lakers will win a playoff series in just five games. It has circulated for years in sports bars, on NBA social media and in highlight edits, where fans repeat it before a series, during a hot streak and after a big win to claim the result early. Its appeal is simple: it is short, cocky and easy to chant, so it still resurfaces every postseason whenever the Lakers look like contenders.