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Hawks Rattle Lakers' Homecourt Bid

Thanks to the inconsistent play from their bench, the Lakers’ season goal to gain homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs has virtually been erased...

Written by Paul Peszko about 8 months ago 139 reads 0 comments
Lakers Win Ugly in Jersey but Take the West

It wasn’t very pretty, but it got the job done. The Lakers 103-95 win against the New Jersy Nets at the Izod Center gained them their second consecutive Western Conference Championship and homecourt advantage throughout the conference playoffs...

Written by Paul Peszko about 8 months ago 165 reads 3 comments
Cleveland Cavaliers Midseason Report Card

OK, ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached the midway point of the season (or, for the Cavs, the 62.2 percent point of the season) and it’s time to give out the First Annual Scott Miles Cavs Mid-season/62...

Written by Scott Miles about 9 months ago 173 reads 2 comments
L.A Lakers End Cleveland Cavalier's Home Winning Streak at 23

At halftime it appeared that the Cleveland Cavaliers would coast to their 24th consecutive home victory. It seemed impossible that the Lakers could come back from their 61-51 deficit with Kobe Bryant vomiting in the locker room and getting pumped with IVs

Written by Paul Peszko about 9 months ago 236 reads 0 comments
Los Angeles Lakers Beat Boston Celtics in Mid-Season Classic

The Boston Celtics started the night with a 12-game winning streak and the best record in the NBA. When their game with the Lakers ended, they had the second-best record in the NBA and another busted winning streak...

Written by Paul Peszko about 9 months ago 65 reads 0 comments
LeBron James Will Be The Greatest, If The NBA Allows It...

It has been said before that, nobody roots for Goliath. I can't think of a greater example of that cliche than LeBron James. Throughout his career, and especially as of late, his physique has been more of a disadvantage rather than an advantage...

Written by Jason Nedrich about 10 months ago 842 reads 24 comments
Pete Carroll Lands Jay Cutler's Quarterback Coach

Leave it to Pete Carroll to run head-on into a bee hive and make off with their honey, unscathed. Just days after all the turmoil at Heritage Hall over his reaction to Mark Sanchez’s decision ...

Written by Paul Peszko about 10 months ago 492 reads 4 comments
Have the Los Angeles Lakers Turned the Corner?

After their narrow 112-111 loss in Dallas Wednesday night, the Lakers were grateful to return home. Not because they lost, but for a day off and some much needed rest. The Lakers actually played a lot better than many thought they would...

Written by Paul Peszko about 10 months ago 52 reads 0 comments
Play of Perkins Powers the Pursuit of Perfection

With a record-breaking 27-2 start to this NBA season, the Boston Celtics have arguably improved as a team since last year's championship run...

Written by Gaz V about 11 months ago 173 reads 10 comments
Has Andrew Bynum Caught "Kamanitis"?: Lakers Big Man a Big Dud in 2008-09

Some may say it is too early to start picking on Andrew Bynum. I say tell that to the Lakers’ opponents.It doesn’t matter whether they are big or small...

Written by Paul Peszko about 11 months ago 795 reads 20 comments
The 2009 NBA Summer League Tips Off in Las Vegas

Basketball fans, take that word "dead period" out of your mouth. Yes, the championship has been handed out, and the 2009-2010 regular season is still a twinkle in our eyes, but the NBA's top youths are playing right now...

Written by John Lorge about 4 months ago 3,361 reads 26 comments
NBA Finals Game Five: Lakers Punctuate Season of Validation

With the chances of Orlando winning the title all but gone after their Game Four meltdown, Game Five was all about the heart of the participants involved...

Written by Erick Blasco about 5 months ago 299 reads 2 comments
NBA Finals Game Four: Lakers on Verge of Sending Magic Fishing

The Lakers didn’t so much as win Game Four as the Magic lost it. Either way, after persevering in overtime 99-91, the Lakers are on the verge of capturing their first title since their three-peat, while the Magic are looking for answers...

Written by Erick Blasco about 5 months ago 375 reads 9 comments
Magic-Lakers Game Three: Orlando Thinks Outside-In, Ends Up with Win

The Orlando Magic made two essential adjustments in their 108-104 Game Three victory over the Los Angeles Lakers that may have saved their season...

Written by Erick Blasco about 5 months ago 852 reads 5 comments
NBA Finals Game Two: Orlando Supporting Cast Must Recapture the Magic

The Magic made a number of adjustments in their 101-96 overtime loss to the Lakers in Game Two of the NBA Finals—some of them worked, some of them didn’t...

Written by Erick Blasco about 5 months ago 208 reads 6 comments
JLR Presents: The Saga of the NBA Finals

Last Thursday, basketball-loving creatures (or at least the ones who fancy purple and gold) were once again treated to another grandiose display of skill and talent: Game One of the 2009 NBA Finals...

Written by John Louie Ramos about 5 months ago 62 reads 3 comments
Magic-Lakers: Erick Blasco's NBA Finals' Preview and Prediction

The 2009 NBA Finals presents a dichotomy of teams who rely on different scripts. On one page, there’s the championship-pedigreed Los Angeles Lakers whose sole task this season is to capture a title...

Written by Erick Blasco about 6 months ago 246 reads 7 comments
Lakers-Nuggets: Kobe Bryant and Co. Crush Denver, Advance to the NBA Finals

Lakers+being+presented+the+WCF+Title.jpg">The Lakers saved their best game of the series for last in administering a season-ending beatdown to the Nuggets, 119-92, and making their return to the NBA Finals on Friday night...

Written by Jeff Little about 6 months ago 154 reads 0 comments
The Lakers Win 103-94 Using A Balanced Attack & A Strong Close

The Lakers and Nuggets played this game even. The teams were tied after three quarters when Los Angeles put on a 23-5 run to separate themselves from Denver and take a 3-2 series lead. The Lakers got an excellent start from their reserves...

Written by Jeff Little about 6 months ago 107 reads 0 comments
Nuggets blow out the Lakers 120-101 to tie series

The Nuggets crushed the Lakers to knot the series at two games apiece. Only 48 hours removed from an outstanding effort by Los Angeles in the Pepsi Center to take a 2-1 advantage, the Lakers came out lethargic and got beat...

Written by Jeff Little about 6 months ago 98 reads 3 comments
Cavaliers-Magic Game 4: Magic Making Cavs Disappear

Once again, Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu were nearly invisible until the endgame, the Magic repeatedly made poor decisions with the ball, they got entirely too jump-shot happy late in the ...

Written by Erick Blasco about 6 months ago 360 reads 3 comments
Lakers-Nuggets: Kenyon Martin, Denver Rebound to Game Four Victory

For the first time in the Western Conference Finals, the team that imposed its will during the outset of a game didn’t fall into the pitfalls of complacency, laziness and dulled focus...

Written by Erick Blasco about 6 months ago 579 reads 11 comments
Lakers-Nuggets, Game Three: Los Angeles Wins Mirror Match

The parallels between Los Angeles’ 103-97 victory in Game Three of the Western Conference Finals and the shape of the first two games of the series are so similar, one must think that the team’s are following a premeditated script...

Written by Erick Blasco about 6 months ago 431 reads 5 comments
Kobe Bryant Drop's 41 in Los Angeles Lakers Win Over Denver Nuggets,103-97

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Written by Jeff Little about 6 months ago 630 reads 3 comments
Not Back to the Future, Back to the Past: Lakers Take 2-1 Lead

Marty McFly, take us back to the past. The game was decided by a poor inbound play once again. With 37.1 seconds left and a two point lead for the Lakers, Martin was set to inbound the ball ...

Written by Bhavik Darji about 6 months ago 162 reads 1 comments

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NBA Beat Writers Article Archive

Hawks Rattle Lakers' Homecourt Bid

Lakers Win Ugly in Jersey but Take the West

Cleveland Cavaliers Midseason Report Card

L.A Lakers End Cleveland Cavalier's Home Winning Streak at 23

Los Angeles Lakers Beat Boston Celtics in Mid-Season Classic

LeBron James Will Be The Greatest, If The NBA Allows It...

Pete Carroll Lands Jay Cutler's Quarterback Coach

Have the Los Angeles Lakers Turned the Corner?

Play of Perkins Powers the Pursuit of Perfection

Has Andrew Bynum Caught "Kamanitis"?: Lakers Big Man a Big Dud in 2008-09

The 2009 NBA Summer League Tips Off in Las Vegas

NBA Finals Game Five: Lakers Punctuate Season of Validation

NBA Finals Game Four: Lakers on Verge of Sending Magic Fishing

Magic-Lakers Game Three: Orlando Thinks Outside-In, Ends Up with Win

NBA Finals Game Two: Orlando Supporting Cast Must Recapture the Magic

JLR Presents: The Saga of the NBA Finals

Magic-Lakers: Erick Blasco's NBA Finals' Preview and Prediction

Lakers-Nuggets: Kobe Bryant and Co. Crush Denver, Advance to the NBA Finals

The Lakers Win 103-94 Using A Balanced Attack & A Strong Close

Nuggets blow out the Lakers 120-101 to tie series

Cavaliers-Magic Game 4: Magic Making Cavs Disappear

Lakers-Nuggets: Kenyon Martin, Denver Rebound to Game Four Victory

Lakers-Nuggets, Game Three: Los Angeles Wins Mirror Match

Kobe Bryant Drop's 41 in Los Angeles Lakers Win Over Denver Nuggets,103-97

Not Back to the Future, Back to the Past: Lakers Take 2-1 Lead

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