Power Rankings: The Race For MVP Heats Up & The Lakers Regain Form
30. Cleveland Cavaliers (Last Week's Ranking: 30) 29. Sacramento Kings (28) 28. Minnesota Timberwolves (29) 27. Toronto Raptors (25) 26. New Jersey Nets (27) Next: 25-21
January 22, 2006 – Remembering 81 Day
Jan. 22, 2006; 7:25 p.m. pacific standard time. Five minutes until the tipoff of the Lakers and Raptors game at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Lakers are barely floating above .500 at 21-19 and the Raptors are sitting at…
Lakers Handle Nuggets To Get Back On The Winning Side Of Things
Amid heavy trade rumors surrounding the Denver Nuggets' (24-18) Carmelo Anthony, the Los Angeles Lakers (32-13) traveled to the Mile High City on Friday night, looking to pick up a victory after being ousted by the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday…
Top Ten Lakers Draft Picks
Throughout the history of the NBA, the draft has helped struggling teams return to glory. Teams would depend on their young players to blossom into superstars, and bring championships to the franchise. The Lakers have been very successful in terms…
Pre-Game Report: Lakers vs. Denver
Nuggets Projected Starting Line-up: PG: Chauncey Billups SG: Arron Afflalo SF: Carmelo Anthony PF: Kenyon Martin C: Nene Hilario Key Reserves: Al Harrington, J.R. Smith, Ty Lawson Injuries: Chris Andersen Coming off a terrible defensive outing against the Mavs, the…
Youth In Revolt: Father Time Proves To Be Toughest Opponent, But He Hasn’t Won Yet
Though Father Time is not on the Lakers side, history shows that the older, more experienced teams win championships while the younger, more athletic teams win in the regular season.
Lakers Nation Fancap: Mavs’ Hot Hand Burns Lakers
The Dallas Mavericks are somewhat of an anomaly for me personally in the Western Conference. They’re a solid team that annually makes the playoffs, even making it to the NBA Finals against Dwayne Wade’s Miami Heat in 2006, yet I…
Lakers’ Chances at 3-Peat Still Promising Without Home-court
If the most compelling two words in sports are game seven, then the most lucrative three words that follow are home-court advantage. There’s no feeling quite like the comfort of knowing that when it’s do or die, win or go…
Mavericks Beat Lakers Following Explosive 3rd Quarter; 109-100
As the Lakers walked onto the American Airlines Center court, a flood of memories flashed in their minds. The Lakers have had many battles with the Dallas Mavericks, and these two Western Conference teams have no sympathy for each other. …
Pre-Game Report: Lakers @ Mavericks
Derek Fisher - Jason Kidd Kobe Bryant - DeShawn Stevenson Ron Artest - Shawn Marion Pau Gasol - Dirk Nowitzki Andrew Bynum - Tyson Chandler The Mavericks are on a 6 game skid, three of those losses coming against teams…
