Articles tagged with "Los Angeles Lakers":
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After an NFL Season of NBA Games, Lakers and Magic Make the Super Bowl
We’ve been through 17 games of the NBA season—which is exactly the length of the NFL season. So if the NBA was the NFL, how would the playoffs look right now with the regular season over?
Lakers’ Andrew Bynum Playing Well; Must Be Due For An Injury Soon
At least we’re getting into a routine. Andrew Bynum starts the season for the Lakers looking like the NBA’s next great dominant center and Kobe Bryant’s counterpart in the middle—then he goes out for the rest of the season with some tragic injury.
How to Repeat a Championship, Starring the Phillies and Lakers
There’s only one thing more difficult than winning a championship: winning two championships. But the Phillies and the Lakers are doing it right way, by not being afraid to make changes.
Los Angeles, I’m Yours: Dodgers, Angels and Lakers Are Putting L.A. On Top
It’s a good time to be living in Los Angeles. The Dodgers and Angels both have a chance to join the Lakers in bringing a title to L.A. That’d be enough to make Los Angeles king of the hill in professional sports.
Sports Movie Review: Kobe Doin’ Work, a Spike Lee Joint
Kobe Doin’ Work is Spike Lee’s most recent movie project. It’s a documentary following Kobe Bryant through an entire game with the Los Angeles Lakers, and a voiceover by the Black Mamba himself gives insights into the game, and how he approaches his craft.
If It Ain’t Broke: The Lakers’ Offseason Moves in Spider Graphs
The Lakers only made one big personnel move this summer. And for L.A. fans, the Lakers’ acquisition of Ron Artest is a love/hate relationship. Spider Graphs shed some light on how much the Lake Show gained or lost by picking up Artest while losing Trevor Ariza.
Forget Shaq; The Lakers Won This Title Without Kobe
That’s a lie, obviously. Kobe Bryant was the clearly the biggest part and the moving force behind the Lakers’ 2009 championship run. But in the Finals, it felt like Kobe was behind the scenes. Like he was conducting the orchestra, instead of playing a solo, for five games. And perhaps it’s because of Kobe’s deference [...]
Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: Graphing NBA Finals Game Four
Derek Fisher was the Lakers’ hero for Game Four of the NBA Finals. Twice. His stat line doesn’t look like much—only 12 points, and he only made 2-7 from beyond the arc—but his two trios came at the best possible times. One tied the game to send it into overtime, and the other gave the [...]
Orlando Magic Shoot Their Brains Out: NBA Finals Game Three Graphs
The Orlando Magic hosted the Lakers in Game Three of the NBA Finals, and they weren’t exactly gracious hosts. The Lakers shot an exceptional 51.3 percent from the field, and cut the Magic lead to zero within the final minutes of the game. The Magic however, shot a mind blowing NBA Finals-record 62.5 percent and [...]
Lakers Get That Boom Boom Pau: Graphing NBA Finals Game Two
Kobe Bryant didn’t score 40 points in Game 2, but he didn’t have to. Pau Gasol came to play. The game went to overtime, but by the end it didn’t feel like it—Gasol scored seven of the Lakers’ 13 overtime points, and the Lakers closed out a five-point victory to go up 2-0 in the [...]
