Between the Lakers' victories last Thursday against the Chicago Bulls and Sunday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, they had two practice sessions.
This was unusual because Phil Jackson will normally give the team the next day off when games are three days apart. But he decided to hold practice on Friday ... 26Nov2009 |
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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.
The Lakers had the ... 21Nov2009 |
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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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It has now been about a week since the Lakers marched through downtown Los Angeles in celebration of their well-deserved 2009 NBA championship. But now, it's time to put the champagne and confetti away and prepare for a run at a second title in 2010. In case, you were wondering the work ... 24Jun2009 |
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The champagne was still being spraying around the locker room when the question popped up. How would you rate this Lakers team compared to other Laker championship teams?
It didn’t take long for the media to start their comparison game. But it’s not even a matter of apples and oranges simply because those ... 15Jun2009 |
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We've said it before here at SoCal Sports Hub.com that there are certain ways, players should act following tragic defeats or emotional victories. Complaining about the referees or taunting the opposing team, are two practices that clearly should not be practiced by professionals at any point.
Well, the Orlando Magic doesn't seem to ... 12Jun2009 |
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"Bogus," Phil Jackson called some of the first quarter fouls against his big men, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, and Andrew Bynum. He was complaining that his Lakers had to play at a deficit through most of the quarter in which the Lakers ended with the seldom-used D. J. Mbenga and Josh ... 12Jun2009 |
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The Orlando Magic had never won an NBA Finals game. If they ever needed a win, it was tonight. The Magic could not afford to go down three games to one in their NBA Finals match up with the Los Angeles Lakers.
As one might expect, Rafer Alston finally got his rhythm back ... 10Jun2009 |
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The hero of Game One of the NBA Finals nearly turned into the goat of Game Two. I’m talking about Kobe Bryant, of course. Like Bryant said after the game, "I made some bad decisions."
I have got to agree with him there and thank him for acknowledging his poor judgment. But ... 9Jun2009 |
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Game Two of the NBA Finals between the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers started at a snail’s pace. But it certainly didn’t end that way.
After getting bounced by 25-points in Game One, the Orland Magic redeemed themselves with a terrific turn-around performance that fell just short of taking the series to ... 7Jun2009 |
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All week prior to Game One, the main question in the Los Angeles media market was: Does Kobe Bryant need a fourth ring to seal his legacy?
It’s a ridiculous question when you think about it. The number of Hall of Famers not only from basketball but all the major sports who have ... 6Jun2009 |
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During these 2009 Playoffs the Lakers have looked pretty bad at times and half decent at other times. But tonight in Denver they regained their championship form and retained the Western Conference Title with a 119-92 win over the Nuggets.
The Lakers played a complete game tonight at both ends of the court. ... 30May2009 |
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Tied at the end of the first quarter at 25. Tied at the end of the first half at 56. Tied at the end of the third quarter at 76. That was how Game Five of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Nuggets went. Back and forth for three quarters.
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Before Game Four of the Western Conference Finals, I was going to write that I wasn’t referring to this year’s title but next year’s. However, after the blowout in Game 4, this might apply to this year’s title as well.
He calls himself "The Machine," but after watching his contributions to the team ... 27May2009 |
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The Lakers' Pau Gasol is one of those players, who usually doesn't have a lot to say. He has very few noteworthy quotes and hardly says anything that is the slightest bit controversial. But yesterday, the Spanish big man broke out of his normal routine, by criticizing the Lakers' offensive strategy:
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The way the Denver Nuggets had been dominating in the first two rounds of the playoffs, it was out of character that they should blow a 16-point first quarter lead against the Lakers on Tuesday night. But it wasn’t out of character for the Lakers to do such a thing.
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The story of the Lakers’ Western Conference Semifinal Series with the Houston Rockets was one of fast starts. The team that won the first quarter won every game in this series.
The story, however, was anything but dramatic. All but the first game were double-digit blowouts. One could have called it a comedy ... 17May2009 |
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In this year’s playoffs, the Lakers usually lose when they score less than 100 points, but not today. The Lakers defense made the difference.
The Lakers used their size effectively to defeat the Houston Rockets 89-70 in Game Seven of their Western Conference Semifinal series. That was something they were unable to do ... 17May2009 |
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I’m writing this in the first quarter of tonight’s Lakers-Rockets Game Six with the Rockets up 13-1. Time has passed Phil Jackson by. This team is not the Chicago Bulls. It is not even the Lakers team of 1999-2002. Jackson can no longer sit on the bench and watch as his team ... 14May2009 |
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Not only did the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers switch cities after Game 4 of their Western semifinal series, they switched games.
Game 4 in Houston was all Rockets as they sped off to a 17-4 lead and never looked back to knot the series at two games apiece.
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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 ...