Posts Tagged Lakers
Dallas Mavericks Go For The Jugular
I’m no prophet, but at least, as of my latest NBA blog, I did say that the Dallas Mavericks can take two of the three games at home (American Airlines Center). And the Mavs did just that, grabbing Games 4 & 5 to go up in their Finals series against the supposed highly-favored Miami Heat, [...]
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 [...]
IronMan In The Faith
Posted by Rich in Changed Lives, Sports on December 16th, 2010
Portland guard Andre Miller’s league-high streak of 632 consecutive games played ended abruptly when he was suspended for a game against Phoenix, leaving Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher - 435 consecutive games as of yesterday (Dec. 15) – as the league’s reigning ironman.
Ironman is an apt word to describe an athlete who has played with the most [...]