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Lakers’ Busy Off Season
Every event in life has a turning point.
To me, the turning point of the just-ended Los Angeles Lakers-Dallas Mavericks Western Conference semifinals series was Game 2 when the Lakers just simply lost team catching up the more aggressive and more focused Mavericks five. LA dropped Game 2, 81-93 at the Staples Center.
After making just two [...]
No Greens & Golds In The NBA Finals?
In this same month of last year, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics were flexing their muscles in the playoffs. The Lakers were hardly challenged by the Utah Jazz in the second round of their Western Conference semifinals as they roared to a 4-0 series sweep to march back to the West’s Finals.
On [...]
The Sting That Could Wake Up The Lakers
A lot has been said about the Los Angeles Lakers’ stunning 103-109 Game One Western Conference first round loss to the seventh-seeded New Orleans Hornets on Monday (Sunday night in the United States).
Pau Gasol was a non-factor in the Lakers’ series-opener, scoring a quiet eight points and hardly making any dent on the defensive end.
On [...]
2011 Edition NU Bulldogs Barking Loud
It seemed only yesterday when my brothers and I were watching then PBA import Bobby Parks and idolizing local talents like Allan Caidic, Vergel Meneses, Bong Ravena and a host of others strut their stuff in the country’s oldest professional cage league.
Parks, a 6′3″ resident import of the now disbanded Shell franchise, was a seven-time [...]
NBA Take 2: Still A Tough Race In The East
While the Miami Heat will be getting the lion share of media attention due to the presence of Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, there are notable squads in the East which could give the Florida-based squad serious challenges come the 2011 NBA season.
The Orlando Magic are expected to figure in the upper echelon [...]