Gearing up for the Playoffs: Lakers Injury Update

Andrew Bynum - (bone bruise in right knee) is expected to be ready for the playoffs. That is great news for the team. If you need to be reminded how important Bynum is to the team: With Bynum the Lakers…

Kevin Chan

Las Vegas Has Lakers Winning Championship & The Top NBA News

Top Story According to Las Vegas odds-makers, the Los Angeles Lakers are the favorites to win the championship in the 2011. Despite the success of the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, the defending champions are still picked by many to win…

Ramneet Singh

Eastern Conference Playoff Preview

After one of the most dramatic and intriguing regular seasons in recent memory, the NBA is about to kick off its real season on Saturday as the NBA playoffs will kick into gear. This year’s edition of the NBA playoffs…

Wade LaRoche

Western Conference Playoff Preview

After months of basketball and 82 regular season games for all 30 teams, the 2011 NBA Playoffs have finally arrived. The top eight squads in the Western Conference are established and their first-round opponents have been determined. However, unlike previous…

Ramneet Singh

Getting that feeling of deja vu with Lakers and Celtics

I have experienced a very eerie feeling where just after a moment in my life occurs it feels as I have already lived through that moment before exactly as it had just occurred. I have experienced this feeling on a…

Fern Rea

How Much are Lakers Playoff Tickets? We Break Down the Final Prices

Ladies and gentlemen, the best time of the year is officially here!  And yes, sorry to say, that includes your birthday and Christmas.  Just kidding, kind of.  It's time for the NBA Playoffs!  Just like you, I am dying to…

Contributing Writer

2011 NBA Playoff Schedule- Eastern and Western Conference

Eastern Conference (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Indiana Pacers Game 1 - Sat April 16, Indiana at Chicago, 1:00 p.m. EST- ESPN Game 2 - Mon April 18, Indiana at Chicago, 9:30 p.m. EST- TNT Game 3 - Thu April…

Ramneet Singh

Chris Paul Can Hurt the Lakers, but Can’t Beat Them

There’s a reason why the pick-and-roll is the go-to offense in the NBA. It’s a sequence that always subscribes to the same basic action—a player sets the pick, while the other rolls to the basket, finds an open teammate, shoots…

Nadya Avakian

Where The West Will Be Won

There was quite a bit at stake on Tuesday night when the San Antonio Spurs came to Los Angeles.  The Lakers, in jeopardy of dropping all the way to the four-slot over the remaining two games, needed a win badly…

Steve Bitter

Lakers Survive Fourth Quarter Collapse; Down Kings in Overtime

httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aon1vc_QmDY With just one game remaining in the regular season everything was on the line tonight for the Lakers. With a win the team would clinch the second seed in the Western Conference and assure home court advantage for at…

Daniel Buerge