Category: Los Angeles Lakers
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Some felt that the Los Angeles Lakers got themselves into a pretty good matchup when the start of the playoffs shook out and they drew the San Antonio Spurs in the first round. The Spurs, however, quickly dispatched the Lakers in Game 1 of their first-round series. The two teams ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Los Angeles Lakers lost their first playoff game on Sunday. But during the game, the focus wasn't on how L.A. could stop Tony Parker or Tim Duncan. It wasn't about what the Lakers could do to eliminate their turnovers. It wasn't on the Lakers awful shooting performance. The focus ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
This is David Stern's final postseason as NBA commissioner, but he's not necessarily viewing it as his last postseason ever. He knows it won't be that way, and says he'll still be involved in keeping the league great. To that tone, in this interview he discusses the biggest topics in ...
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan. Dwyane Wade. Those are just some of the greats in NBA history that have worked with legendary trainer Tim Grover. What he does is take some of the greatest talents and make them ever better. As the Bryant attempts his recovery from a torn Achilles, it ...
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
This season began with championship aspirations for the Lakers, but not much has gone according to plan. The Lakers have dealt with a lot of adversity that has threatened to derail those hopes. Changing coaches. Drama. Numerous injuries. It looked like getting to the playoffs would be an improbable task. Through it ...
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Friday, April 12th, 2013
Could the NBA become the first of the major American professional sports leagues to have a female player? Mark Cuban has suggested that could be the case by stating that he'd consider drafting Baylor star Brittney Griner. But Charles Barkley is having none of it.
Charles Barkley joined The Dan Patrick ...
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Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Gary Payton has been announced as one of the inductees to the Basketball Hall of Fame. The nine-time All-Star, who played most of his career for the Seattle SuperSonics, finished with nearly 22,000 points, nearly 9,000 assists and more than 2,400 steals. But former coach George Karl, who surprises Payton ...
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Jamal Crawford's had a good year. Not only are his Los Angeles Clippers division champions and en route to the playoffs with big expectations, but Crawford's Michigan Wolverines went on their first Final Four run since the Fab Five era, falling just short of a national title last night in ...
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
It's been a trying season for the star-studded Los Angeles Lakers. Veteran Steve Nash joined the team in the summertime because he thought he'd have a chance to make a title run in L.A., but Nash and his talented teammates are just fighting now to make the playoffs. Nash isn't ...
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
The Los Angeles Lakers' playoff hopes took a hit last week when they lost Metta World Peace for four to six weeks and then Kobe Bryant was dinged up as well. Bryant played Saturday and the Lakers are actually 2-1 since World Peace went down, but they're neck and neck ...
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