Posts Tagged LA Lakers
Will Orlando “Magic-ally” Catch Up Boston?
The Los Angeles Lakers are now one win away from their 16th NBA Finals trip in franchise history. Thanks to Ron Artest’s buzzer-beating follow up off Kobe Bryant’s missed desperation three-point attempt.
Boston is also up, 3-2 in its own Eastern Conference Finals series versus Orlando.
However, the Celtics have given the Magic an extra boost of [...]
Phoenix: Land Of The Rising Suns
Everyone, including myself, expected an LA Lakers series ending by today. In other words, it was supposed to be a sweep, given the vast talent advantage and experience the purple-and-gold squad had over the Suns.
But the Suns were scrappy, their defense, particularly the zone, providing more problems for the Lakers than they ever thought. Now, [...]
OKC Quite Okay Playing Against Lakers
The Oklahoma City (OKC) Thunder maybe a young team led by Kevin Durant and playmaker Russell Westbrook, but their youth have been the team’s edge going into the playoffs.
The Thunder like to run, thanks to second-year guard Westbrook, whose jet-like court speed has been making Lakers veteran guard look like a grand dad in the [...]
From Johnson-Bird to Bryant-James, A New Rivalry In The Making?
It’s been 30 years since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, then wide-eyed rookies with immense potential, took the National Basketball Association to a new brand of basketball.
Johnson, a proven winner from high school to college, where his Michigan Lancers ended what could have been a perfect season for Bird and his Indiana Sycamores in the [...]
Road Tests For The Lakers
The road to a second straight NBA championship seemed easy for the Los Angeles Lakers during their first 19 games of the 2010-2011 season.
Currently owning a hot streak of nine straight wins, following their 108-88 demolition of the road-weary Phoenix Suns, the Lakers appear every bit of a champion.
Ron Artest has been fitting well in [...]