Sloppy second quarter
Can anyone hold onto the ball? The two teams combined for 15 turnovers in the second quarter alone in a sloppily played 12 minutes. But the Jazz made more buckets inside and overtook Seattle. The Jazz lead 51-40 at the break. Kevin Durant has been in foul trouble and only played six minutes in…
December 15, 2007, 11:30 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Good start
Seattle opened up the first quarter grabbing a 27-20 lead. And the Sonics accomplished the feat without the services of Kevin Durant most of the quarter. Durant picked up two quick fouls and had to sit with 9:01 left in the first. Wally Szczerbiak came in and filled the scoring void, with eight…
December 15, 2007, 11:00 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
FASHION FRIDAY: Get your stockings stuffed with this...
Attention all you ladies! It's the holiday season and I know a bunch of you are sitting on your butts, wasting time in front of your computer looking at sweaters from Macy's or Nordstroms to give to your boyfriends, husbands, or friends because you're sick of their tired wardrobes of Warrior…
December 15, 2007, 10:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
RECAP: Warriors 95, Blazers 105- Outlawed!
There's the mantra in the NBA that good teams take care of bad teams, but I really question if that applies to these two teams. The Warriors have gone 7-3 over their last 10 games, so I'm fairly confident in calling them a good team right now or at the very least saying that they been…
December 15, 2007, 10:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
OPEN THREAD: Game #23 - Warriors vs LA Fakers
Warriors (W-L): 12-10 Lakers (W-L): 13-8 Time: 7:30pm PST TV: FSN Bay Area + ESPN Radio: KNBR 680 Can you hear the drums? You know the pounding beat of the evil horde coming into town? Tonight we face the team I despise the most, the LA Fakers. Yea that's right ... they're evil and…
December 15, 2007, 10:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Warriors Bobblehead Day!
I don't know about you but I get excited for Bobbleheads, I don't know why. I'm not sure I ever remember the Warriors doing bobblehead giveaways before, so this might be a first. The first bobblehead I got was a Barry Bonds one, and the head on that thing was HUGE! Haha. Even the bobblehead was…
December 15, 2007, 9:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
GSoF: Week 14 Recap and Week 15 Predictions!
The 49ers finally saw some action out of their star QB Shaun Hill! In his first drive ever he led the 9ers to a touchdown! That's more than Alex Smith could say! Maybe he's the next Tony Romo? Guess we shoulda kept Smith on the bench for 6 years... The Patriots won again. Yay. But was…
December 15, 2007, 9:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Bryant a game-time decision
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - Conflicting reports on Kobe Bryant’s injury were corrected by a team spokesman, who said Bryant will be game-time decision for Sunday with a strained left groin. Bryant suffered the injury late in Friday’s game and had to sit…
December 15, 2007, 8:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
RECAP: Warriors 108, Lakers 106: The Groin That Saved Us!
And now, the conclusion of Chapter 2. "Throw it down big guy!" Beans bellowed as he slammed the first bucket of the game. "Hey, you can't tell yourself to throw it down!" Baron barked as they transitioned to defense. Beans gave Baron a puzzled look. "Never mind, just guard ..." and it was too…
December 15, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Q&A: Aran Smith of NBADraft.net on Brandan Wright
We're about a quarter of the way through another fine NBA season and we still don't know all that much about rookies Brandan Wright and Marco Belinelli. To date they haven't played enough minutes combined in the NBA to fill up an episode of 60 Minutes. To satisfy our thirst for knowledge …
December 15, 2007, 6:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
OPEN THREAD: Game #22- Warriors @ Trail Blazers
Warriors (W-L): 12-9 Trail Blazers (W-L): 9-12 TV: FSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 680 The Warriors look to build on last night's improbable W against the defending champs tonight up in Portland, Oregon. But before we move on to tonight's match up let me take a few minutes to relish…
December 15, 2007, 6:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
FASHION FRIDAY: Get your stockings stuffed with this...
Attention all you ladies! It's the holiday season and I know a bunch of you are sitting on your butts, wasting time in front of your computer looking at sweaters from Macy's or Nordstroms to give to your boyfriends, husbands, or friends because you're sick of their tired wardrobes of Warrior…
December 15, 2007, 5:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
RECAP: Warriors 95, Blazers 105- Outlawed!
There's the mantra in the NBA that good teams take care of bad teams, but I really question if that applies to these two teams. The Warriors have gone 7-3 over their last 10 games, so I'm fairly confident in calling them a good team right now or at the very least saying that they been…
December 15, 2007, 5:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
OPEN THREAD: Game #23 - Warriors vs LA Fakers
Warriors (W-L): 12-10 Lakers (W-L): 13-8 Time: 7:30pm PST TV: FSN Bay Area + ESPN Radio: KNBR 680 Can you hear the drums? You know the pounding beat of the evil horde coming into town? Tonight we face the team I despise the most, the LA Fakers. Yea that's right ... they're evil and…
December 15, 2007, 5:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Warriors Bobblehead Day!
I don't know about you but I get excited for Bobbleheads, I don't know why. I'm not sure I ever remember the Warriors doing bobblehead giveaways before, so this might be a first. The first bobblehead I got was a Barry Bonds one, and the head on that thing was HUGE! Haha. Even the bobblehead was…
December 15, 2007, 5:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
OPEN THREAD: Game #24- Warriors @ Pistons
Warriors (W-L): 13-10 Pistons (W-L): 16-7 TV: FSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 680 The Warriors ended a painful losing streak to Ebok and the Lakers on Friday night on national TV. Baron stole the show with his heroic, uh-I-can't-believe-he's-taking-that-shot-- HELLYEAH!, booming trey and…
December 15, 2007, 4:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
RECAP: Warriors 108, Lakers 106: The Groin That Saved Us!
And now, the conclusion of Chapter 2. "Throw it down big guy!" Beans bellowed as he slammed the first bucket of the game. "Hey, you can't tell yourself to throw it down!" Baron barked as they transitioned to defense. Beans gave Baron a puzzled look. "Never mind, just guard ..." and it was too…
December 15, 2007, 4:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
“Angry Andrew”
Andrew Bynum could joke about his hothead act Thursday night against San Antonio because the Lakers won the game. He laughed about that being the “angry Andrew Bynum” and acknowledged it’s not someone he wants to showcase on the floor anymore. “It’s not easy to let go,…
December 15, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
The Mavs beat the Hornets
Dammit, that game sucked. Not only did we get beat 80-89 by the Mavericks, but pretty much everyone played like a dog and Peja Stojakovic aggravated that groin strain again. It doesn't look good for Phoenix tomorrow.But before we look too far ahead, let me revisit the misery of today's…
December 15, 2007, 02:45 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Warriors 108, Lakers 106
OAKLAND – The Lakers’ death grip over the Golden State Warriors loosened a bit Friday night. The Lakers blew a seven-point halftime lead in a game that went down to the end with Kobe Bryant struggling with an apparent left quadiceps injury. Bryant and Derek Fisher couldn’t hit the key shots…
December 15, 2007, 02:45 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Sonics by the numbers - Wolves
18 -- A season-high scoring total for Kurt Thomas tonight. He also had eight rebounds, and had to have five more stitches after getting popped in the mouth again. But he returned to finish the game in the fourth quarter in Seattle’s 99-88 win over Minnesota. 7-- The number of…
December 15, 2007, 02:00 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Lakers 102, Spurs 97
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers were just too talented for the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night. Well, San Antonio played without key starters Tim Duncan and Tony Parker because of injury, which was pretty huge. Still, the Lakers had the depth to overcome the ejection of Andrew…
December 15, 2007, 01:45 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Space invaders
The Lakers are having their first experience with the NBA’s new gimmick to offer more access for nationally televised games. The camera to be used for certain pregame, halftime and postgame footage was mounted in the locker-room corner above the team’s water cooler and bubble-gum bin. It faced,…
December 15, 2007, 01:30 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
The Late Show
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - Television viewers have come to realize that TNT seems to stand for Taking Numerous Timeouts when it comes to NBA games. Nationally televised games like the one Thursday night between the Lakers and San Antonio typically feature late…
December 15, 2007, 01:15 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Vincent gets his wish, now he needs to hope
Former Charlotte Hornets general manager Bob Bass once told me the difference between a coach and a GM is vision: A coach’s job is to look 100 feet down the road. A GM’s job is to look a mile down...
December 15, 2007, 01:00 AM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Bryant & Bynum: no longer an odd couple
Phil Jackson met with reporters after practice, holding a copy of my column about his crazy non-basketball job opportunities for his perusal later. Nothing in there will be news to him, but pretty much everything in there will be news to everyone else. Some of what has been offered to a guy who is…
December 15, 2007, 01:00 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Following up a wish on Kobe’s star
Be sure to click over to my new column today following up what I wrote last March on Kobe Bryant’s work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
December 15, 2007, 00:45 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 123, Warriors 113
LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant’s belief is that if he keeps shooting ‘em, he’ll start making ‘em. Despite Baron Davis’ best effort, that was the case Sunday night in the Lakers’ victory over Golden State at Staples Center. Davis had 17 points in the first half on 6-of-12 shooting but…
December 15, 2007, 00:30 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
No complaints about Bynum’s work
Kobe Bryant has given rave reviews of Andrew Bynum’s workout work ethic this season after Bynum did a ton of offseason training for the first time in his career, enlisting the help of personal trainer Sean Zarzana. So it did seem incongruent that Phil Jackson criticized Bynum as having…
December 15, 2007, 00:15 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Walton questionable
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - Luke Walton is questionable for Sunday’s game with a sprained right ankle. Walton did not practice Saturday. The injury does not appear to be serious, though. He said he was feeling a lot better and was optimistic about possibly taking…
December 15, 2007, 00:00 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
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