The Denver Nuggets / Los Angeles Lakers playoff has become a best-of-three series. The first team to two wins advances to the NBA Championship. Game Five is in Los Angeles and, with a home loss and a Denver victory (in Denver) for Game Six, the season would be over for the Lakers. [...]
The L.A. Lakers really missed two opportunities in Denver. The first and most obvious squandered possibility was to take a decided advantage in the series with the Denver Nuggets. A Game Four victory would have meant returning to Los Angeles with a three games to one lead in the series and making it [...]
Even the staunchest Lakers fan must be befuddled. Who are these Lakers? They are certainly not the Lakers who won sixty five regular season games. These are the Lakers who had trouble eliminating a small but determined Houston squad. And now, in a playoff series with the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers [...]
The L.A. Lakers may count it fortunate that the Denver Nuggets led in every quarter. It kept them engaged and focused on the game. The Lakers did not forge an early lead and relinquish it. They were able to overcome the deficit in the fourth quarter with a thirteen point outburst from [...]
Losing Game Two of the playoff series with the Denver Nuggets means that the L.A. Lakers no longer have home court advantage. Further, it has exposed some internal turmoil with Lakers. It seems that Andrew Bynum is not happy with his playing time. He played the fewest minutes of the Lakers starters. [...]
When Steve Nash was running the Phoenix ’seven-seconds-or-less’ offense, he was asked why he threw some of his passes off the dribble motion. His reply was that, by his assessment, it provided a fraction of a second advantage to the team mate who was on the receiving end of the pass. It gave [...]
Los Angeles Lakers fans have until Tuesday to relax. The Los Angeles Lakers finally finished and won their playoff series with the pesky, determined and depleted Houston Rockets. That the series was extended to a Game Seven was unexpected. The unspoken angst was that the Sunday game could have been the last [...]
If the Lakers win Game Seven, this playoff series becomes a footnote in NBA history. If the Houston Rockets win, the last game and the series itself will become basketball legend. If there is an overachieving underdog, it is the Houston Rockets, without two of their star players, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. [...]
If the Lakers win Game Seven, this playoff series becomes a footnote in NBA history. If the Houston Rockets win, the last game and the series itself will become basketball legend. If there is an overachieving underdog, it is the Houston Rockets, without two of there star players, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. [...]
The journey of redemption started with the loss of Game Six of the 2008 NBA championship. With the Boston Celtic leading the championship series by a three games to two margin, the L.A. Lakers were hoping to even the playoff and force a deciding Game Seven. Instead, their season and championship hopes ended [...]
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