May 30th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The Denver Nuggets, if you include the regular season and postseason, have definitely overachieved as they were not picked by most NBA “experts” to even get to the Western Conference finals. Yet here they are as they took on the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of this best-of-7 series at Pepsi Center. But not [...]
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Kobe’s 35 Help Lakers Return to NBA Finals, Crush Nuggets 119-92
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Frontcourt The Key As Lakers Take 3-2 Series Lead, Down Nuggets 103-94
Anytime the Los Angeles Lakers play, no matter who the opponent is, they tend to focus on Kobe Bryant – and rightfully so. Their game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night at Staples Center would prove to be no different. But that would work to Los Angeles’ advantage as it allowed their frontcourt [...]
Balanced Scoring Helps Nuggets Even Series, Blast Lakers 120-101
You can tell a good playoff team by the type of bench it has. The Denver Nuggets had a decent bench before the playoffs while the Los Angeles Lakers’ bench was average, at best. Nonetheless, both teams locked up at the Pepsi Center in the Western Conference finals Monday night; while neither team shot especially [...]
Kobe’s Late Trey Helps Lakers Regain Series Lead, Beat Nuggets 103-97
With this Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Lakers matchup in the Western Conference actually being competitive, the usual suspects are getting their points; in this case, the usual suspects are the Nuggets’ Carmelo Anthony and the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. And you could make a case for both of them being the key to their team’s fortunes up [...]
Melo’s 34 Helps Nuggets Tie Series, Beat Lakers 106-103
Fortitude and a late scoring flurry served the Denver Nuggets well in their game Thursday night against the Los Angeles Lakers; specifically, Chauncey Billups made 3 of 4 free throws late in the fourth quarter, which allowed Denver to get past Los Angeles 106-103, tying the Western Conference finals at 1-all. The win is the [...]
Lakers Advance To Conference Finals, Blast Rockets 89-70
On most nights – during the regular season, anyways – the Los Angeles Lakers usually make short work of their opponents. During the postseason? Not so much, as evidenced by allowing the Houston Rockets to last until Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. But nonetheless, there both were at Staples Center for the final [...]
T-Wolves Still Looking For Head Of Operations
I have no idea if it is because the position isn’t exactly a coveted one, but the job of head of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves is still vacant; as of this writng, it is still vacant, according to the Pioneer Press. While the team is still looking for a qualified person – and [...]
Warriors Want Bosh, By Gosh
Interesting piece from the San Jose Mercury News. It appears that newly appointed Golden State Warriors general manager Larry Riley (Chris Mullin, we hardly knew ya!!) wants to make an immediate impact as free agency and subsequent NBA draft loom near. The Warriors will obviously have a decent pick at #7; but at the same time, [...]