Posts Tagged Lamar Odom
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 [...]
Shining Gold Or “Gang” Green In Game 7?
Nobody expected the Los Angeles Lakers to register a blowout 89-67 win against the favored Boston Celtics.
But just the same, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest and Lamar Odom led the way for the Lakers in holding the Celtics to an NBA Finals low 67 points en route to the 22-point victory, thus far the [...]
Who Wants It More? Celtics Or Lakers?
Unsung heroes are aplenty in the NBA Finals.
There was Glen “Baby” Davis scoring at will during a pivotal fourth-quarter run for Boston, as well as Nate Robinson adding more bench depth with his own scoring burst that allowed the Celtics to runaway with a 96-89 Game 4 win that tied up the championship series anew [...]
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 [...]