NBA Playoffs Results and Schedule & The Top NBA News
NBA Playoffs- Results for April 24th, 2011 Philadelphia 76ers-86 Miami Heat-82-F (Miami leads 3-1) Boston Celtics- 101 New York Knicks-89-F (Boston wins series 4-0) Atlanta Hawks-88 Orlando Magic-85-F (Atlanta leads series 3-1) New Orleans Hornets-93 Los Angeles Lakers-88-F (Series tied…
Times Are Tough for the Lakers in the Big Easy
The Lakers are in trouble. Kind of. The Hornets are a team the Lakers beat handedly during the regular season by sweeping their four-game set and three of those games included David West, New Orleans’ second-best scorer. Without West, Chris…
The Lakers’ Department of Defense; 2008 till Present Day
If there was one lesson to be learned from losing the 2008 Finals to the Boston Celtics, then it would be the need for defense. The 2007-2008 season was a roller coaster year for the Lakers, to say the least.…
Kobe Expects to play Tuesday Despite Swollen Foot
During last night's loss to the New Orleans Hornets Kobe Bryant suffered an ankle sprain late in the fourth quarter. This caused Bryant to leave the game momentarily and had him on crutches after the game. The injury happened to…
Report: Rookie Derrick Caracter Arrested Sunday Morning
According to Mike Bresnahan the Lakers' rookie Derrick Caracter was arrested early Sunday morning following an altercation outside the team hotel. The altercation is an alleged assault but the full details have not been released. Caracter was inactive for tonight's…
Chris Paul Dominates Lakers Again; Series Tied 2-2
The Lakers and Hornets took the court tonight in a crucial Game 4 match-up. The implications that tonight's game carried were certainly extreme. If Los Angeles won they would take a 3-1 series lead heading back to Staples Center with…
Old Faces, New Places: Former Lakers Participating in Playoffs
As I was enjoying game three of the Andrew Bynum’s coming out party, two things came to mind. For starters, are Laker fans more concerned when Bynum goes down and grabs his knee or when Kobe injures anything? It’s only…
Lakers Poised to Take Commanding Lead in Series
Hornets Projected Starting Line-up: PG: Chris Paul SG: Marco Belinelli SF: Trevor Ariza PF: Carl Landry C: Omeka Okafor Key Reserves: G Willie Green, C Aaron Gray, G Jarrett Jack Injuries: David West The Lakers should’ve swept this series -…
Return of the Black Swan
On Friday afternoon, in the hours before Game 3, I told my editor that Pau Gasol was coming to play. Forget the lackluster production over the past two games, you can pencil him in for 20 and 10, I said.…