Knowing What You Have: Why I Love Basketball, the Lakers and My Mom
Sometimes in the midst of loss we are loathe to remember the good times. We get so caught up in a moment of heartache that it blinds us to everything that was once was great, and probably still is. The…
Lakers Embarass Themselves, Organization In Series Finale
The Lakers didn't just lose yesterday. They were humiliated. The Dallas Mavericks completed the sweep of the defending champions in impressive fashion, sending the 2011 Lakers into oblivion with a barrage of three pointers that set several NBA records. After…
Sports World Reacts to Lakers Elimination
The Los Angeles Lakers lost Game 4 to the Dallas Mavericks, 122-86. Here is a quarter-by-quarter recap of the elimination game. Steven Almazan: LakersNation: "The Los Angeles Lakers were down 0 – 3 in the series against the Dallas Mavericks…
The Season is Over: Lakers-Mavs Game 4 Recap
Written By: Steven Almazan The Los Angeles Lakers were down 0 – 3 in the series against the Dallas Mavericks before the start of Game 4, and they had a huge hole to dig themselves out of if they wanted to…
Kobe Bryant Voted to All-Defensive First Team
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was voted to the All-Defense first team this year by the NBA coaches. Bryant was chosen along with Rajon Rondo, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, and Dwight Howard. This is the ninth first team All-Defense selection for…
Lakers’ Past Haunts Them, Present Fails them, Future to Redefine Them
It’s over for the Lakers. It’s over and what’s even more daunting is that the Lakers’ abrupt end at a bid for a third-straight title ended just as catastrophic as their journey began on the parquet floor of the Boston…
Lakers Disappoint Fans With Effort; Swept Out of 2011 Playoffs
Coming into today’s Game 4, the Lakers were faced with the possibility of a sweep. No, the Lakers did not have a chance to sweep―they had a chance to get swept. Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson won five championships together,…
Lakers Face Elimination in Game 4
Mavericks Projected Starting Line-up: PG: Jason Kidd SG: DeShawn Stevenson SF: Shawn Marion PF: Dirk Nowitski C: Tyson Chandler Key Reserves: G Jason Terry, G J.J. Barea, C Brendan Haywood, F Peja Stojakovic This is it. Do or die. Either…
To Keep Three-Peat Hopes Alive, Lakers Must Look to the Past
"If you want to make history, you have to do historic things." - Kobe Bryant The Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in the basketball equivalent of the black hole. Down three games to none against the Dallas Mavericks going into…
Fancap: The End is Near
When the final buzzer sounded last night, I just sat on my couch quietly. I didn’t feel like crying. I wasn’t angry. I just felt….nothing. Numb, like I was an empty shell. I never expected the Lakers to be in…
