Posts Tagged Kobe Bryant
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.
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Lakers-Spurs Collision In The West?
Less than 20 games to go before the end of the 2011 NBA regular season.
And it looks like the West, now minus Amare Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams and Carmelo Anthony appear more like a playoff-ending Western Conference showdown between the reigning champions Los Angeles Lakers and the veteran squad San Antonio Spurs.
The Lakers (46-19), [...]