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Should the Lakers Keep Roster With Farmar Out 2 Months?

Lamar Odom for Mike Miller and Mark Madsen.  Chris Mihm for Tyronn Lue.  Kidnap Jannero Pargo from the Russian Super League using Batman’s “Sky Hook” method.  The buzz on what the Lakers are going to do with Farmar out of the lineup has been a steady stream.

My answer is leaning towards what a lot of [...]

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Lakers Beat Warriors At Their Own Game

Say it with me, people.  130-113, Lakers win.  The Lakers accepted the fast pace of this Golden State team, and used it to outwork, outhustle, and outshoot them.  Here’s some of the key moments of the game.

-  Kobe with two 20 footers and a 3-pointer to open the game.  Stu Lanz mentions the new high-arc [...]

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Lakers VS Warriors…Or How I Learned to Beat the Celtics

The two teams that recently beat the Celtics (giving Boston their first 2-game losing streak of the season) square off Sunday, 6:30PM Pacific Time at Staples Center.

If it were only that simple, we could expect a highly competitive basketball game played at the highest level.  Alas, it’s not to be.  The Golden State Warriors had [...]

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Lakers VS Celtics Media Wrap

It’s that time again.  Time to look around the web to check the current buzz on the Lakers beating the Celtics.

The La Times makes a great point about the Laker defense.  I’m still trying to digest the fact that it showed up.  It seems putting Kobe on opposing teams’ short, quick point guard really works.
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Lakers Win the Championship! Er..I Mean Beat the Celtics.

It was a game as exciting as it was hyped to be.  Boston and L.A.  Exchanging blows.  The crowd into it, yelling “Boston Sucks!” every chance it got.  Kobe, Pierce, Gasol, Garnett, Bynum, Allen all showing up.  And at the end, it was the Lakers who stood on top.  Let’s not get carried away, though.  [...]

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Lakers VS Celtics: The Legend Continues

It is perhaps the greatest rivalry in all of sports.  The Lakers VS The Celtics.  It even has a nice ring to it.  For Laker fans such as myself, it has been an especially bitter rivalry.  If you count the Minneapolis Lakers of 1959, the Celtics are 9-2 against my beloved purple & gold in [...]

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Lakers’ Pack-It-In Defense Effective Against Hornets…But What About the Celtics?

In the NBA, it’s all about matchups.  Lamar Odom can burn the Jazz for 20 because Boozer and Okur don’t have the foot-speed to stop him.  Put him in against Kevin Garnett, however, and his long arms and gliding layups disappear.
But besides individual matchups, teams can be perfectly matched.  Take the Los Angeles Lakers against [...]

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Lakers Salvage First Win Out of Road Trip, Survive…Grizzlies?

It has come to this.  Late game heroics by Kobe Bryant to save the Lakers from losing to the 9-17 Memphis Grizzlies.  That close to a three game losing streak, and 3 out of 3 losses on the road with Chris Paul and the Hornets hosting in New Orleans tomorrow.

Pau Gasol out-dueled his brother Marc [...]

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The Lakers Ruined My Birthday…And Other Objective Analysis

It was a great scene on a sunny but chilly Saturday afternoon at 4pm.  What more can you ask for on your birthday than your friends and you watching a 21-4 Lakers team take on the Orlando Magic while eating chicken wings at a restaurant?  For Laker fans, not much else.

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Wade, Heat, Hand Lakers 4th Loss

-  Kobe’s post up on Wade in the 1st quarter-setting up a layup by overpowering him backing in, was what Jordan did when his speed left him.  He physically dominated opponents.  The difference between MJ and Kobe is that MJ did that all game long.  That was Kobe’s only dominant back-in all game.

-  Miami big [...]