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Kobe scores when it counts

Kobe’s fadeaway is the most unstoppable shot in basketball.
Lakers 115, Raptors 107
Let’s examine the checklist: Played hard. Check. Attacked the rim. Check. Get the W. Not so check but 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. In a season mired with disappointments and letdowns a hard fought loss to the Lakers seems [...]

Step 1: Don’t get killed. Step 2: Stay close till the 4th. Step 3: Give ball to Bosh.

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It’s the Lakers tonight and Jermaine O’Neal is ready to play. Is he 100%? I don’t know but if he’s not then he should sit. The last thing anybody wants is aggravating an injury and a player playing with a ready-made excuse to not play well. No [...]

Lakers beat Raptors in a “shootout”

I’ll be honest. I had no idea a replay of this game was on TV and was shocked to find it on at 12:15 AM just as I was about to go to bed. It was the fourth quarter and the Laker commentators were commending the Raptors on playing well and celebrating the [...]