The Pressure Shifts Again
With the NBA Finals it feels like everything is over-exaggerated and ridiculed. Whoever has won the most recent game is a shoe-in for champion, while the losing team's fans feel it's over and throw in the premature towel. While none…
Shipping Up to Boston
JUN 8| TUES |NBA FINALS, GAME 3| (1) Lakers vs. (4) Celtics: Series tied 1-1 The blood boiling Game 2 ended with the Lakers losing 103-94. The series is tied, and giving off a smell that this is going to be…
Rondo and Ray Allen Light Up Lakers, Tie Series 1-1
The last time the Lakers departed for the middle three road games in the NBA Finals tied at 1-1 *in a Finals they won, they swept the next three to win 4-1. That was against the Philadelphia 76ers, this is…
Pau Gasol at the Crossroads & the Potential Passing of the Best Power Forward Torch
With the fifth pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Farragut Career Academy product Kevin Garnett, who became the first high school basketball player selected in the NBA draft since 1975. The Garnett-led Timberwolves reached their apex…
Ready to take Celtics Best Shot
JUN 6| SUN |NBA FINALS, GAME 2| (4) Celtics vs. (1) Lakers : LAL lead 1-0 The Lakers, on quest for revenge, took care of the rival Celtics 102-89. But Game 2 is uber important for the Lakers as they need…
The Odyssey of The TruWarrier
The Los Angeles Lakers opened their title defense in October basically returning the same roster they deployed in winning the 2009 NBA Championship. There was one glaring difference, however, at the Small Forward spot: gone was yeoman Trevor Ariza. In…
Putting it All on the Record
Red Sox-Yankees, UCLA-USC, Michigan-Ohio State, Duke-North Carolina. All storied rivalries with no shortage of historical moments or passionate, deep-seeded hatred. Because they’re all divisional or conference rivalries, these teams compete against one another every year but each team mentioned here…
Lakers Bull Rush Celtics, Take 1-0 Series Lead
All of the hype, debate, questions and analysis all came to a head Thursday night, with the Lakers shining much brighter under the beaming lights of the 2010 NBA Finals. It was us, not Boston, who executed a superb defensive…
The Celtics rose up, and the Lakers buried them in their own blood.
JUNE 03|THUR|NBA FINALS , GAME 1| (4) Celtics vs. (1) Lakers - SERIES: 0-0 Follow: TwitterCast: @LakersNation |Watch On: ABC @ 6:00 PT/9:00p ET | Radio: 710AM ESPN, 1330AM ESPN Deportes News before the tip.... - Andrew Bynum says he doesn't feel…
Lakers & Celtics: The Series That Means More Than Everything
The NBA Finals match-up between the Lakers and Celtics seems to strike me more as a heavyweight boxing fight than a basketball series. Just as any big fighter knows, much of the hype surrounding a fight is in the months…
