L.a. Lakers

Anyone who still believed that the L.A. Lakers are a legitimate championship contender received a sobering dose of reality during the Oklahoma City Thunder's 4-1 victory over the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. Do not be deceived by the...

Western Conference Second Round#2 Oklahoma City (47-19) vs. #3 L.A. Lakers (41-25)Season series: Oklahoma City, 2-1L.A. can win if…Kobe Bryant produces his usual playoff averages of 28-30 ppg while shooting at least .450 from the field, Andrew Bynu...

"When I was young, I never needed anyone."--Eric Carmen, "All by Myself"The last time Kobe Bryant looked this lonely on the basketball court, Bryant was muttering about being armed with "butter knives" in a "gun battle" while Kwame Brown and Smush Pa...

If you said you had the Lakers and Nuggets going seven games you are lying, unless you are a very optimistic and borderline delusional Denver fan. The fact is, if Denver wins Game 7, it might be the biggest first round playoff upset of the 2000s.

The Dallas Mavericks not only avenged the Miami Heat's 2006 come from behind NBA Finals victory over Dallas with a come from behind NBA Finals victory over Miami in 2011 but the Mavericks also followed up their triumph exactly like the Heat did: b...

It should not surprise anyone that the truncated yet overstuffed 66 game post-lockout schedule resulted in a surplus of injuries, a lot of ugly, inefficient basketball  and a huge amount of variance: a team could get blown out one night and then...

It the latest edition of Roundball Mining Company’s 5-on-5 series we explore which potential playoff scenarios could benefit or hinder the Nuggets success in the postseason. Fellow readers T.J. McBride and Mitchell Carroll have been selected to...

The Lakers like the career-best production from center Andrew Bynum. But recent events are forcing the team to question Bynum's attitude.

Dwight Howard has very publicly been talking for several months about his future but he has contradicted himself so many times that it is not clear if even he knows what he really wants! Is Howard motivated by loyalty, by greed, by wanting to win a c...

The reflexive, mainstream media answer to the title question of this article is that Kobe Bryant "is not clutch" or at least that he has "not been clutch" this season. There are two problems with that kind of thinking:1) "Clutch" statistics inherentl...

After scoring 20 points on 6-13 field goal shooting in the first half versus Washington on Wednesday night and helping the L.A. Lakers build a 64-49 halftime lead, Kobe Bryant lost his shooting touch in the second half; Bryant shot just 3-18 from the...

Lakers assistant John Kuester returns to Detroit for the first time since the Pistons fired him as coach, and all the hard feelings seem to have been forgotten.