LA Lakers News and Rumors
Yes, Chicago's ABC Affiliate Identified Metta World Peace As "Lakers Idiot"Timothy Burke, deadspin.com Last night the internets buzzed about the veracity of a photo showing the lower third graphic from a TV newscast identifying Lakers ne'er-do-well Metta World Peace as "Lakers Idiot." Our pals over at Busted Coverage asked this morning if it wa… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com So much has been made about age in this year’s NBA playoffs that everybody is overthinking the obvious. Here’s all you need to know: Young teams (Clippers, Thunder, Sixers) don’t win championships without experience, while old teams (Spurs, Lakers, … |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Oklahoma City Thunder 77, Los Angeles Lakers 75 (Thunder lead series, 2-0) The Oklahoma City Thunder were down seven points in this contest with two minutes left to play, with just 68 points to their credit. And though we've seen comebacks that overcome… |
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Thunder rally late to edge Lakers, lead 2-012 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com Kevin Durant scored 22 points, including the go-ahead basket with 18 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder scored rallied for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night. |
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Lakers' Bynum fined $15K, Ebanks $25K21 hours ago
Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum and forward Devin Ebanks were both fined for separate violations, the NBA announced Wednesday. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com One night after the Oklahoma City Thunder convinced a lot of people that they were the team to beat in the Western Conference by walloping the Los Angeles Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs offered their retort: A measured, professional destruction of the Lo… |
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Staples Center faces busy weekend with Lakers, ClippersMay 15 (yesterday)
Staples Center is always among the world's busiest arenas, hosting a jam-packed slate of concerts and shows crammed between games for the NBA's Lakers and Clippers and the NHL's Kings. |
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Kobe defends defensive style: 'I don't take charges'May 15 (yesterday)
Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he doesn't take charges, and he's got a reason for it. |
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Danilo Gallinari can’t sleep, wants to prove he’s not a loserMay 15 (yesterday)
Dan Devine, yahoo.com It's something of an understatement to say that Danilo Gallinari did not come up big for the Denver Nuggets in their Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night, a defeat that sent George Karl's upstart squad home for the summer after the op… |
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Thunder clobber Lakers to win openerMay 15 (2 days ago)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) For the second time in less than a week, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers must figure out how to fight back after a humbling loss. |
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Los Angeles's Favorite Hockey Team Is A Basketball TeamMay 15 (2 days ago)
Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com I don't know if the Kings are the best team in hockey, but I know they're the hottest, and I know they have a better chance of winning a championship than the Lakers or Clippers do, and I know that's not the Kings' logo, NBC Los Angeles. |
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Kobe Bryant gives up (VIDEO)May 15 (2 days ago)
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Bad news, Angelenos. Not even Kobe Bryant thinks his Los Angeles Lakers can guard the Oklahoma City Thunder, probably because he watched Game 1, too. Oh, well. The Thunder score the rare one-game sweep, I guess. It was a good run, L.A. Time to pack your… |
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Russell Westbrook Lays Waste To Kobe, The Lakers; Sixers & Celtics Give A New Definition For ‘Ugly’May 15 (2 days ago)
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com The Lakers were pretty much done by the opening minutes of the third quarter, and by the end of the third frame, OKC had disposed of the bodies in a covered ditch. A 15-2 run spanning the end of the second quarter to the start of the second half, which … |
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Ending the Argument: Rust vs. RestMay 15 (3 days ago)
Rust versus rest! You would be right to forget about the pregame narrative after watching the Thunder wax the Lakers last night, but outside of the Me... |
