Category: Metta World Peace
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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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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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Most seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers a regular season game in March, against the New Orleans Hornets, doesn't have that much meaning. This season isn't like most when it comes to the Lakers. Los Angeles is still trying to fight their way back into the playoffs and this season, ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
After an offseason that brought Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to Los Angeles to team up with Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant, a 1-4 start was unacceptable and it wasn't going to fly for a team with championship aspirations. Mike Brown learned that the hard way when the Lakers fired him ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Metta World Peace has said he thinks the star-studded Los Angeles Lakers can make a run at the single-season wins record this season. It might not matter -- it probably doesn't -- but Los Angeles, with added superstars Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, has yet to win a preseason game.
Metta ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Dwight Howard may be sitting out some games here in the preseason as a precaution after coming off back surgery, but the Lakers center is already singing the praises of his new teammates. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year is progressing well and practicing without any restrictions as he ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
Once the Lakers were booted out of the playoffs early by the Oklahoma City Thunder, it looked like the torch was being past to the young Thunder. It looked as if the Lakers window of opportunity with Kobe Bryant was closing quickly. Then Los Angeles made a few blockbuster moves ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2012
There are some things in life you just have to hear for your own to believe. The following interview is one of those things. More than seven years after the Malice at the Palace -- the brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers -- Metta World Peace is now ...
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Monday, June 25th, 2012
Finishing with the third best record in the Western Conference and getting to the second round of the playoffs may be acceptable for some franchises but for the Los Angeles Lakers, it was the second straight year when they were shoved out of the postseason earlier than expected and it ...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Los Angeles Lakers weren't able to put up much of a fight against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Round 2 of the NBA playoffs, and closing games was definitely a problem. Naturally, some are wondering if this playoff run would have ended differently had the small forward formerly known ...
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