Now that felt a lot like the old Lakers/Kings games.
For the first time in a few years, Sacramento fans were actually able to be heard in their home arena, but by the end of the game, it was again the Lakers fans that were able to celebrate a victory.
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Between the Lakers' victories last Thursday against the Chicago Bulls and Sunday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, they had two practice sessions.
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What do an NBA team and a college basketball squad have in common? They don’t show up to finish a game.
The LA Lakers have unfortunately taken a page out of the USC book over the past week, allowing their opponents to do whatever they want in the second half.
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What makes the Lakers dangerous is the ability to have a different player step up every game.
The capability to have all the players playing well at one time is what makes them downright scary.
The Lakers (9-3) defeated the Bulls (6-5) 108-93 on Thursday night behind a balanced offensive attack and a solid ... 20Nov2009 |
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The Lakers will take the floor Thursday with a noticeable change in their starting five.
Pau Gasol will play his first game of the season after missing the team's first 11 games with a hamstring injury, an injury that has not allowed Gasol to play since the October 9th preseason game versus the ... 19Nov2009 |
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While Lakers shooting guard Sasha Vujacic may be coming off his worst season as a professional, that has not put a damper on his dating life. According to Tennis Rumor, Vujacic is on top of his other game, as he is rumored to be dating Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova:
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[caption id="attachment_12977" align="alignnone" width="199" caption="The Lakers look to follow last season\'s success with another title."][/caption]The T-shirts that the fans received read: A New Journey, Same Goal.
The ceremony celebrating last year’s journey went off without a hitch. The game against the Clippers got the ... 29Oct2009 |
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The newest member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Ron Artest, once again appears incapable of avoiding controversy and criticism as evident by the latest comments from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. In a recent interview with Dallas' ESPN 103.3, Cuban was quite critical of the Lakers' latest addition according to ESPNDallas.com reported ... 3Oct2009 |
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Today Lakers legend and the NBA's all-time assist leader Magic Johnson turned fifty years-old. Congratulations to Magic for this achievement, because who would have thought that this would have been possible eighteen years ago. 14Aug2009 |
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There isn't a whole lot to say here. As expected, Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis is set to become the next coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. We'll have more on this story next week.
ESPN: The Minnesota Timberwolves and Kurt Rambis have reached terms on a deal that will install Rambis as the ... 8Aug2009 |
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Yesterday morning, it appeared as if Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis was just a few hours away from being named the next coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the replacement for long-time Celtics foe Kevin McCale. But as of Friday, it doesn't appear if Rambis will be establishing a Minneapolis address just yet.... 7Aug2009 |
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After nearly spending his entire professional basketball playing and coaching careers with one organization, the Los Angeles Lakers, it appears as if Kurt Rambis will now become the next coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
LA Times: Kurt Rambis was seen boarding a plane Wednesday morning to meet again with Minnesota Timberwolves officials, ... 6Aug2009 |
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It's certainly been a busy offseason for GM Mitch Kupchak, who has made a flurry of moves in free agency this past month in the hopes of assembling a Lakers team capable of winning their second consecutive championship next season. Now, with Lamar Odom, Shannon Brown, and Josh Powell, all returning to ... 2Aug2009 |
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According to two very reliable sources, Lamar Odom will be back in Los Angeles sporting a Laker uniform next season. About 25 minutes ago, John Hollinger of ESPN posted this on his twitter page:
Twitter: A league source just told me Odom is going back to the Lakers.
Now, J.A. Adande is also ... 30Jul2009 |
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With the way negotiations are going between the Lakers and their free agent forward Lamar Odom, it doesn't appear as if Odom is a lock to return to Los Angeles at all. In fact, it appears as if he could be headed to South Beach to play with All-Star guard Dwyane Wade ... 28Jul2009 |
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According to Black Sports Online, the Lakers and unrestricted free agent forward Lamar Odom have agreed to a 4 year/40 million dollar deal:
Sources close to Lamar Odom have told BSO that Odom will resign with the Lakers.
Odom will sign a 4 year 40 million dollar contract to stay with the champs.
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What more do you Laker fans want from this guy? Blood? Hasn’t Kobe Bryant given that as well. And plenty of it. Hasn’t he played his guts out for two season’s refusing surgery on his mangled finger? Hasn’t he been banged up and yet refused to leave even one game?
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All the pundits and fans are wringing out their crying towels. Oh, what a tragedy is the Lakers lose Lamar Odom. What a terrible deal it amounts to! Odom and Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest.
It’s just not worth it, they cry. You lose two and get only one in return. But that ... 20Jul2009 |
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SoCal sports fans, join us for the first ever edition of the SoCal Sports Hub.com fancast, where we take a closer look at sports across the Southland through one of the newest forms of media - podcasting.
Feel free to take a few moments out of your day to hear about the ... 13Jul2009 |
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According to Los Angeles Times columnist Broderick Turner and Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, the Lakers will re-sign point guard Shannon Brown, who was acquired in a mid-season trade from Charlotte.
Brown is expected to receive a two-year, $4.2 million contract with a player option for year two. Because free agents can’t officially ... 6Jul2009 |
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Excellent analysis of Dodgers roster for 2010: http://yallkiltit.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/dodgerblast-spring-training-roster-analysis/ 
I was with the UCLA Alumni Band; I sat in the 4th row of the box seats, a few rows ...
Joey, your right, but what were you thinking was going to happen? whats your point here? you called every UCLA ...
I was at that game as well. Where'd you sit? 
Murshed Zaheed aka Nestor is a government employee and if you google his name you will find it is many ...