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Lakers in a Slump, So What?
Posted on 7 Mar 2010 by Nadine Liverpool.
Today the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Orlando Magic in a very heated and passionate battle that ended with the Lakers losing 96-94, the first time they have lost 3 games in a row since they acquired Pau Gasol in 2008. The floods of messages that came to my Blackberry with Laker haters taunting and acting like they just lost the championship, really gave me a chuckle. If they lost to the Nets...
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Lakers Dunk the McNuggets
Posted on 1 Mar 2010 by Nadine Liverpool.
Although the whole world was watching the Canada vs. U.S. hockey game on Sunday, there was also a very important basketball game on as well. Sunday afternoon was a showdown between the two best teams in the Western Conference, a game that the Lakers desperately needed to ensure not getting swept 3-0 in the season series. The Lakers were victorious, as they overcame an 11-point third quarter def...
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Kobe Bryant wins all-decade player
Posted on 20 Feb 2010 by Nadine Liverpool.
Kobe Bryant aka the Black Mamba was recently announced as the all-decade player. As a 4-time NBA champion, 12-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA selection, and 9-time All-Defensive selection, what more could you expect? That’s just a short introduction to the plethora of accolades that Kobe has in his honor. Add to that 5 sixty-point games, 20+ fifty-point games, and 100+ forty-point games in his...
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Fishing for a Sidekick
Posted on 17 Dec 2009 by Josh Hoffman.
Batman has Robin, Mario has Luigi and Kobe Bryant has Derek Fisher, his under-the-radar sidekick who has been through the trenches and title runs with him from day one of his NBA career – literally. Bryant and Fisher were both drafted in 1996, Kobe by the Charlotte Hornets and Derek taken 24th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. After Bryant was traded to Los Angeles, they instantly develo...
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‘A’ for Effort
Posted on 30 Nov 2009 by Josh Hoffman.
If the beginning of the 2009-10 season for the Los Angeles Lakers was a school exam, it would be a take-home quiz comprised of multiple choice and true-false questions. Up to this point, eight of the Lakers' first 14 opponents currently have losing records, and two of them are just one game above .500. To put dressing on the salad, they've won their last six games by almost 18 points ...
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Kobe vs. LeBron, Not Kobe and LeBron
Posted on 11 Nov 2009 by Josh Hoffman.
I recently read an article that suggested the Cleveland Cavaliers trade LeBron James to the Los Angeles Lakers for the youthful but promising Andrew Bynum. This isn't the first time I've heard the orgasmic Kobe-LeBron tandem talk and I'm sure it isn't going to be the last. But I'm also sure Kobe and LeBron will never don the same uniform aside from that of Team USA. ...
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Eye of the Tiger
Posted on 24 Aug 2009 by Josh Hoffman.
With Lakerland all quiet on the front, I decided to switch gears and tackle Tiger Woods' supposed poor sportsmanship and temper: I was having breakfast with my grandpa Stan during the week that followed the 91st PGA Championship – which saw Tiger Woods relinquish his three-round lead to victor Y.E. Yang on the final day – when the Stan The Man mentioned his distaste for the poo...
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A Look at the Lakers’ 2009-10 Schedule
Posted on 6 Aug 2009 by Josh Hoffman.
Sure the MLB regular season is progressively peaking and NFL training camps are now underway, but let’s not forget about the release of the 2009-10 NBA schedule, particularly from the standpoint of the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. When they begin their journey on Repeat Road this fall, the Lakers will undoubtedly get each opponent’s utmost effort for all 82 games because, ...









