Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles Lakers’

Chris Paul Gets “Chippy” With Pau Gasol At End Of Game

The Lakers-Clippers rivalry is intensifying. After Clippers forward Blake Griffin fouled Lakers forward Pau Gasol with 1.1 seconds remaining in the Lakers’ 96-91 win, Clippers guard Chris Paul tried to grab the ball from Gasol’s hands as the two began jawing at one another. Gasol and Paul continued to talk while Lakers guard Kobe Bryant got in front of the two as Gasol walked [...]

Lakers Outlast Nuggets In Bynum’s Return; 92-89

Despite misfiring on 22 of their 24 three-point tries, the Lakers got Andrew Bynum back, and dominated the paint against a fast paced Nuggets’ group — playing their brand of basketball under new head coach Mike Brown. It was a clash of styles on display at the Staples Center, and the Lakers tempo won out, [...]

Lakers Hot Shooting First Half, Daunting Defense Crush Knicks 99-82

Kobe Bryant scored an exhilarating 28 points in an array of ways against the Knicks, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away in the fourth quarter for their ninth straight victory over New York, 99-82 Thursday night. Pau Gasol had 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Lakers, who have won two straight [...]

Thornton, Evans Power Kings Through Lakers 100-91

Kobe Bryant outdid his Christmas Day performance with 29 points, but the Lakers lost their second straight game to start the season, falling in Sacramento 100-91. Kobe was 10 of 24 shooting and 9 of 10 from the free-throw line, yet missed all four of his tries from deep, in a game where the Lakers [...]

Game Winning Shot By Derrick Rose Steers Bulls Rally; Upends Lakers 88-87

The reigning MVP Derrick Rose scored 22 points and hit a floating mid-range go-ahead shot with 4.8 seconds to play, and the Bulls stormed back from an 11-point deficit in the final 3:44 for an 88-87 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. However, in the end, it was defense and teamwork that prevailed for the [...]

Kobe Bryant Expects To Play On Christmas vs. Chicago

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant played all 82 games last season with a right knee that he described as “bone on bone.” Do you believe a torn wrist ligament will keep the “Black Mamba” out of action for the Lakers regular season opener on Sunday against the Chicago Bulls? “I should be fine,” said Bryant after [...]

Lakers Superstar SG Kobe Bryant Tears Ligament in Wrist

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, an MRI has revealed a torn ligament in the right wrist of Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant. Lakers listing Kobe as day-to-day, but his injured right wrist has been officially diagnosed as a torn lunotriquetral ligament after MRI Kobe suffered the wrist injury while falling down in the second [...]

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