WR Bryant vs. CB Bowen
In my weekly column — about the brutal 1-5 start of the Chicago Bulls and the chants by Bulls fans for “Ko-be!” — I ran off a brief list of physically overmatched guys who have impressed me in the tenacity with which they’ve approached individual battles with Kobe…
November 12, 2007, 10:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
GSoM POP QUIZ: 2 FREE Tix to Wednesday's Pistons Game!
A few weeks back my man Fantasy Junkie gave you a photo-tacular recap of our celebration for reaching our season ticket goal. Well the fun don't stop! It's time for the first ever official GSoM Warriors ticket giveaway. We've got two tickets to this Wednesday's game between your…
November 12, 2007, 10:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Pistons hold off Sonics
From Gary Washburn’s blog for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Count Pistons point guard Lindsey Hunter as one of those NBA folks who believes the Sonics need a new arena. Sitting at the end of the Pistons bench, he is in disbelief that fans are able to walk right past him during the game,…
November 12, 2007, 7:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Half-assed Preview: Hornets @ Nets
The Hornets done beat the Sixers in Philly yesterday, 93-72 (recap | box | video). Aside from that blitzing performance out in LA, it was probably the Hornets best game of the season so far. They put their hosts away early, busting out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter, and never looking…
November 12, 2007, 3:45 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Lakers 107, Timberwolves 93
LOS ANGELES – Maybe the Minnesota Timberwolves should’ve taken the Lakers’ offer for Kevin Garnett. The Lakers rolled to a 107-93 victory Friday night at Staples Center with the Lakers’ offseason trade bait of Lamar Odom (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Andrew Bynum (10 points, 10 rebounds)…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Captains: Fish and Kobe
I mentioned this in my Kobe Bryant column the other day, but I got a response from Phil Jackson just now about Bryant and Derek Fisher being the Lakers’ co-captains for this season. Jackson said it was totally his decision (many NBA teams hold it to team vote) and close to a no-brainer. Not…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
3-for-all vs. Lakers D
Thought I would take a moment to explain all the new stuff that appeared here just before and just after the Hornets-Lakers game. As part of the Register’s further commitment to offer a compelling Web presence, I’ll be offering some key pregame info before tip-off of each game and then…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Hornets 118, Lakers 104
LOS ANGELES — After conquering Steve Nash and surviving Deron Williams, the Lakers had no answers for Chris Paul. Behind Paul, New Orleans’ silky point guard, the Hornets dropped the Lakers to 2-2 this season with total second-half dominance at Staples Center on Tuesday night. Paul’s 21…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers are No. 1 in fan costs
The Lakers’ average price for a season ticket this season is by far the highest in the NBA, according to Team Marketing Report. The Lakers are at $89.24 compared to New York’s $70.51, the league’s next-highest average. Boston was third at $65.43, and New Orleans was the lowest at $24.58. The…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Buss’ only hope: winning with Bryant
Check out my newest take on the Jerry Buss-Kobe Bryant present and near future in an online column I contributed to The Register’s brand-new SoCal Sports Now section. I’ll be writing a column there every Monday morning about what’s hot in the news — and there’ll be…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Even if you stop Kobe …
I made a little mention in my story tonight about Jazz guard Deron Williams being quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune calling second-year teammate Ronnie Brewer the “Kobe Stopper” after Bryant’s 4-for-16 shooting in the teams’ Oct. 24 exhibition game. Bryant (13 of 19 in this Lakers victory)…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Roadies
It’ll be interesting to see what such a substantial victory in margin and venue as this one over Phoenix will do for a Lakers team that needs to mesh completely as a team to have any chance at salvaging the season. I asked Phil Jackson afterward what he thought it did, and he went the oblique…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Bulls GM: No Kobe
From the Associated Press DEERFIELD, Ill. — Kobe Bryant won’t be joining the Chicago Bulls anytime soon. General manager John Paxson basically squashed the notion that the Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar will wind up in Chicago, saying the teams were never on the verge of a…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
“Boo!”
(That’s “Boo!” as in a fan in the stands booing, FYI. But if the title above scares anyone, hey, all the better given that it’s Halloween!) To be as accurate as possible — it’s a blog, but can’t shake the journalist in me — it should be said in spite…
November 12, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Sonics by the numbers
0-7 -- This year’s team now holds the franchise record for losses at the beginning of the season, eclipsing the 0-6 mark by the 1969-70. 32 -- The number of points for Richard Hamilton, as Seattle really had no answer for the smooth-shooting swingman defensively. 6 -- The number of …
November 12, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Tonight’s 4 Factors (11/11/07)
After each game this season, we’ll be taking a look at what the four factors have to say about the game– how the winner won and the loser lost. For an intro to the four factors, see here. Knicks lose to Heat, 72 -…
November 12, 2007, 01:30 AM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
There is hope
After looking out of it most the game Seattle finally put a run together and only down four points, 86-82, with 8:56 left. Kurt Thomas, Delonte West and Wally Szczerbiak have provided a nice lift off the bench, helping Seattle get back into it. Detroit led by as many as 18 points in the third,…
November 12, 2007, 00:15 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
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