It was eight years ago today (August 5, 2002) that the legendary late, great play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers, Chick Hearn, passed away. In many ways, Chick Hearn was the Los Angeles Lakers. For a long time, it was him that completed your Laker games and he was the constant for many years [...]
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A Little Changing Of The Guard In L.A.
Changes are inevitable. That includes even the champions of the last two seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers. They really only had one change in the roster last offseason: Ron Artest went to the Lakers while Trevor Ariza packed his bags for Houston. This time around, the backcourt gets a little makeover. Let’s take a look [...]
Hook. Line. Sinker. Fish.
People are talking about Kobe Bryant’s legacy and Ron Artest’s fairy tale story. But I wanna give props to someone I’ve been particularly harsh on over the past couple of seasons. The Lakers don’t win this championship without Derek Fisher. Derek Fisher made the game-tying three-pointer with about six minutes left in Game 7. That [...]
2010 NBA Finals (Game 7 Recap)
It wasn’t pretty. (EAST) #4 BOSTON CELTICS 79 @ (WEST) #1 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 83 (Lakers win series, 4-3) Coming out of the gate, Boston looked like their 2008 self. They went to a different strategy. Instead of letting Kobe Bryant go wild, they decided to blanket him on defense. And the Lakers had trouble [...]
2010 NBA Finals (Game 6 Recap)
Oh, what home-cooking can do for you. (EAST) #4 BOSTON CELTICS 67 @ (WEST) #1 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 89 (Series is tied, 3-3) Well, we knew that the Lakers weren’t just going to lay down on Game 6. We knew that they were going to come out with guns blazing. The Celtics, who came in [...]
2010 NBA Finals (Game 5 Recap)
#1 Los Angeles Lakers 86 @ #4 Boston Celtics 92 (Boston leads 3-2) Paul Pierce said they would not be coming back to LA. He lied. However he decided to make up for it in Game 5. He put on a stellar shooting display en route to 27 points on 12-for-21 from the field. On [...]
2010 NBA Finals (Game 3 Recap)
The scene returned to the Gah-den. But… #1 LOS ANGELES LAKERS (WEST) 91 @ #4 BOSTON CELTICS (EAST) 84 (Lakers lead series, 2-1) First off, so I can get this out of the way, this was the best officiated game of the Finals. Yeah, they botched about three or four calls in a row at [...]
Let The Players Play The Game
I’ve been pretty much hearing this the whole time. The Celtics got screwed with some calls. The Lakers got screwed with some calls. Well, BOTH teams got screwed by the referees. I really don’t have any intention of rewatching the game because as much as it is well-played when there are no whistles being blown, [...]
2010 NBA Playoffs (Finals Game 2 Recap)
#4 Boston Celtics 103 @ #1 Los Angeles Lakers 94 (Series tied 1-1) The sequel of ”He Got Game” was released today. And Jesus Shuttlesworth gave an Oscar-worthy performance this time. In what was an exciting game 2, perhaps the most extraordinary part of it came at the hands of Ray Allen. He put on a [...]
2010 NBA Finals (Game 1 Recap)
Staples Center was rocking. Yeah, I know. Strange. #4 BOSTON CELTICS (EAST) 89 @ #1 LOS ANGELES LAKERS (WEST) 102 (Lakers lead series, 1-0) This game was well-played in the beginning. Yes. Well-played when there was no stoppage of play. So many whistles were blown and I thought this little slowdown would be in favor [...]
