Just a few days ago, Los Angles Lakers star Kobe Bryant told teammate Pau Gasol to "put your big-boy pants on", when he obviously became annoyed with Gasol's whining.
Team USA defeated Spain 107-100 on Sunday in London, claiming the Olympic Gold medal. It wasn't easy. Pau Gasol and Spain gave the United States all they could handle. However, Kevin Durant...
Four years ago, the United States and Spain met for the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, and many believe those two teams might meet for the gold again in London.
The two teams played an exhibition today and it was a game....for about a quarter...
When the Los Angeles Lakers season ended after getting pummeled by the Thunder in the playoffs, many NBA pundits thought the Lakers title window had slammed shut. Reports of either Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum being traded have littered the headlines. Then the Lakers landed Steve Nash, and suddenly...
Despite 42 points from Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' season ended Monday night in Oklahoma City. The hometeam Thunder got 70 points from their big three of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden, garnering a raucous ovation from the OKC fans after their 106-90 series sealing victory. Durant finished...
The Oklahoma City Thunder seemed "dead in the water" in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals versus the Los Angeles Lakers. Facing a 7 point deficit with less than 2:00 in regulation, the Lakers turned the ball over and the Thunder ended the game with a 9-0 run to steal the win from L.A. 77-75. Thunder forward Kevin Durant said...
Nobody likes to be posterized once, much less twice in a single game, but that's exactly what happened to Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.
The Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin slammed home two thunderous dunks against Gasol and the Lakers, in a 113-108 setback.
The New Orleans Hornets have made a three team trade that will send All-NBA point guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Houston Rockets would receive All-Star power forward Pau Gasol. The Hornets will receive Lamar Odom from the Lakers, PF Luis Scola, SG Kevin Martin, and PG Goran Dragic from the Rockets, and a draft pick.
With the series tied 2-2, the underdog Hornets hope to steal another win in L.A. tonight against the Lakers. Tip-off for Game 5 tonight is set for 9:30.
It was a happy Easter for Hornet fans as New Orleans defeated the L.A. Lakers 93-88 in front of a raucous crowd at the Hive. Chris Paul's triple-double led the way as the Hornets tied the best-of-seven series 2-2.
Lack of energy in the 4th quarter. Poor 3 point shooting. Inadequate bench play. All 3 attributed the Hornets 100-86 home loss the Lakers in Game 3. However, the biggest Lakers contributor…size.
Kobe Bryant scored 30 points in Game 3, leading the Lakers to a 100-86 win over the Hornets Friday night. L.A. now leads New Orleans 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
After spending 5 days in Los Angeles, the Hornets return home to New Orleans for Game 3 of their first round playoff series versus the Lakers. Tip-off tonight is set for 8:30 at a soldout Hive.
The Hornets will return to New Orleans tied 1-1 with the L.A. Lakers in the best-of-seven playoff series. New Orleans missed a golden opportunity to go up 2-0, but fell to the Lakers Wednesday night 87-78. Trevor Ariza led all scorers with 22 points.
The Hornets defeated the Lakers in L.A. Sunday 109-100. With the win, New Orleans takes an early 1-0 lead in the best of seven playoff series. Chris Paul was simply incredible, scoring 33 points, dishing out 14 assists, pulling down 7 rebounds, and swiping 4 steals. Check out the rest of Scott's blog on yesterday's upset win.
The NBA playoff matchups are now set. With the Lakers overtime win over the Kings Wednesday night, they secured the 2 seed, setting up a matchup with the 7 seeded New Orleans Hornets.