Posts Tagged Kobe Bryant
Lakers’ Gold Outshines Celtics Green
A lot of my friends have said that green will be the color of the NBA Finals.
I’ve been a Laker fan since I was a boy, and the way the LA Lakers took Game One with authority (103-89), it sure looks like the purple-and-gold squad of coach Phil Jackson have learned their Finals debacle well [...]
Lakers Eye Redemption
Bye Phoenix, hello Boston.
The Phoenix 2006 to 2007 “ghost” has been exorcised completely by Los Angeles following its 111-103 Game 6 win to clinch the Western Conference Finals series.
Now that the Lakers have returned to the NBA Finals for the third straight year, the last big hurdle they will have to overcome are none other [...]
Will Orlando “Magic-ally” Catch Up Boston?
The Los Angeles Lakers are now one win away from their 16th NBA Finals trip in franchise history. Thanks to Ron Artest’s buzzer-beating follow up off Kobe Bryant’s missed desperation three-point attempt.
Boston is also up, 3-2 in its own Eastern Conference Finals series versus Orlando.
However, the Celtics have given the Magic an extra boost of [...]
Phoenix: Land Of The Rising Suns
Everyone, including myself, expected an LA Lakers series ending by today. In other words, it was supposed to be a sweep, given the vast talent advantage and experience the purple-and-gold squad had over the Suns.
But the Suns were scrappy, their defense, particularly the zone, providing more problems for the Lakers than they ever thought. Now, [...]
Gold Or Green In NBA 2010 Championship?
I know that a Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers Finals clash in the NBA is quite thinking ahead. But unless the Phoenix Suns does something spectacular defensively against LA in Game 3, then the Celtics and the Lakers’ legendary Finals date would be a sealed deal already.
Boston holds a commanding 3-0 bulge against the listless Orlando [...]