Gasol the guard
Here’s what I wrote about the Lakers-Clippers game Saturday night. Tough to find the stuff on our Web site … By KEVIN DING The Orange County Register LOS ANGELES Now Pau Gasol can lead the break, too? It just keeps getting better for the Lakers, who saw Gasol twice showcase some…
February 24, 2008, 11:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 113, Clippers 95
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers partied Saturday night the way they plan to for a while — perhaps as longstanding Pacific Division and Western Conference leaders. They won easily over the Clippers at Staples Center in the Lakers’ first game in this stretch of eight of nine against teams slotted…
February 24, 2008, 11:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Bryant: No. 27 in NBA history
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant’s place in history – aside from those 81 points in one night that pretty much locked him up some standing – is getting more and more secure. Not only are the Lakers back in title contention, giving Bryant hope to get more rings and perhaps the NBA MVP trophy,…
February 24, 2008, 10:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Bynum’s rehab on track
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register Andrew Bynum began pool re-habilitation exercises Thursday for his injured knee, a team spokesman said. Bynum ran in a pool in the latest step toward strengthening his left knee. He remains on track to recover within the eight week period that the club…
February 24, 2008, 10:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 130, Suns 124
PHOENIX – The NBA’s equivalent of this regular season’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals lived up to all the billing in a thriller that saw the Lakers steadier and more spectacular when it counted against the team that has haunted them for three-plus years. The Lakers moved into a tie with the Suns…
February 24, 2008, 10:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
How much do you want the No. 1 seed?
SEATTLE — With Phoenix’s 30-point loss to the Pistons (see, I told you they’re the team to beat in the East), the Lakers moved into sole possession of the Western Conference’s top spot entering this game in Seattle. San Antonio will undoubtedly be a contender for that No. 1…
February 24, 2008, 10:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Sonics-Lakers pregame notes
Seattle only has 10 healthy bodies again tonight. Chris Wilcox and new arrival Donyell Marshall both have the flu and have been sent home, and Damien Wilkins has a sprained right wrist he injured he fell hard after trying to dunk the ball against Port land on Friday. So Wilkins will be in street…
February 24, 2008, 10:00 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Pau and Shaq
PHOENIX — There wasn’t a lot of Pau Gasol or Shaquille O’Neal in the first half, Gasol because of foul trouble and O’Neal because he’s easing his way back from a hip injury. Gasol was called for two light fouls and strongly disputed both; he drew his first foul in the…
February 24, 2008, 9:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Phil Jackson calls NBA trading “a sweepstakes”
PHOENIX — Although this is the most highly anticipated game of this NBA regular season, the pregame period was hijacked by yet another trade in this wild stretch of deals: San Antonio bulked up with a move for veteran center Kurt Thomas after the acquisitions of the Lakers (Pau Gasol), Suns…
February 24, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Sense of closure
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - All was quiet on the El Segundo front when the NBA’s trade deadline passed, bringing a sense of closure to the myriad of big-name moves in the Western Conference. The Lakers returned to practice Friday with a sense of closure knowing…
February 24, 2008, 9:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 122, Hawks 93
LOS ANGELES – It was all smiles for the Lakers on Tuesday night in a smashing return to Staples Center for Pau Gasol’s home debut. The Lakers had such an easy time with the Atlanta Hawks — leading by a season-high 41 points at one point — that Gasol’s 23-point game seemed…
February 24, 2008, 9:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
20-plus minutes of “The Big Catcus”
LOS ANGELES — “The Big Cactus” said he’ll probably play around 20 minutes Wednesday night in one of the most highly anticipated Lakers-Suns game in an era of a lot of anticipated Lakers-Suns games. Phil Jackson said he’s trying not to think about the Suns until after…
February 24, 2008, 8:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Knicks at Raptors Open Thread (2nd Half)
Knicks down 2 at the half. Bosh sat for much of the half and Toronto pounded us on the boards, especially on the offensive boards. They’re almost as bad defensively as we are though. Zach Randolph is in full knucklehead mode.
February 24, 2008, 8:30 PM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
Gasol the guard
Here’s what I wrote about the Lakers-Clippers game Saturday night. Tough to find the stuff on our Web site … By KEVIN DING The Orange County Register LOS ANGELES Now Pau Gasol can lead the break, too? It just keeps getting better for the Lakers, who saw Gasol twice showcase some…
February 24, 2008, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Open Game Thread #55: Bulls at Houston Rockets
Lets see if the Bulls are still in the post-trade honeymoon phase, on the road and against a team that's won 11 in a row. Boylan has said that Gooden and Hughes will not start tonight, and I'm guessing that Nocioni will continue to start ahead of Deng, who still hasn't looked 'back'. I'm…
February 24, 2008, 6:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Brezec rips into Vincent
Primoz Brezec, unplugged. The former Charlotte Bobcat – since traded to Detroit and then Toronto – vented some frustration about his last season here under coach Sam Vincent, in an interview with Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper. "Sam Vincent, he...
February 24, 2008, 4:45 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Pistons take on Shaq, Suns
The Pistons kick off their four-game swing out West with a nationally-televised game against the new-look Suns. Does Shaq have enough left in the tank to take the Suns to the Finals? Right now I’m less concerned about that as I am wondering if the Pistons have enough big men left on the…
February 24, 2008, 3:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The Spurs Beat the Hornets
Since I have been particularly lax in getting game previews up the past couple games, I figured I'd give Ron a day off and recap the game myself. Yay?Like the last game, the Hornets couldn't find any offense in the second quarter, fell behind, and it cost them in the end. Unlike…
February 24, 2008, 1:30 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Mike Montgomery and the Indiana Vacancy
If there is a coach out there who would be an excellent candidate for the Indiana basketball job, it would be Mike Montgomery. Having played for "Monty" as everyone calls him, I can tell you that his knowledge of the game is vast and he knows how to run a team. When I was at Stanford,…
February 24, 2008, 02:15 AM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Lakers 113, Clippers 95
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers partied Saturday night the way they plan to for a while as Pacific Division leaders. They won easily over the Clippers at Staples Center in the Lakers’ first game in this stretch of eight of nine against teams slotted to miss the playoffs. Pau Gasol (23 points, six…
February 24, 2008, 02:00 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
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