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Kobe can’t beat Celtics playing 1 on 5
And that’s why the Lakers head back to Tinseltown down 3 games to 2
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Kobe Bryant is a stone cold killer on a basketball court. That much we know. But like his Pre-Pau Gasol days, we also know that he can’t single handedly win games against the NBA’s elite without at least a little bit [...]
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60 years later, Celts and Lakers still dominating NBA
The NBA’s marquee franchises have dominated the league like no other, leaving marks that are pretty much untouchable for the rest of the NBA’s 28 teams.
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When the NBA Finals tip off on Thursday it will look very familiar. Green and White versus Purple and Gold. Boston versus Los Angeles. Sunny versus Dreary. 17 versus [...]
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Hey Mastermind Phil: 10 rings, but you can’t beat zone?
The Bostonian comedian goes after zone defense, college educations, Dick Motta, baseball and more in another classic sports rant
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Kobe and the Lakers are now tied 2-2 with the Suns. The Lakers, a team most NBA losers thought would roll to the Finals, are now in a dogfight that could go the distance. The Lakers [...]
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Suns defy the critics, media in tying series up
With toughness and big time production from what had been an underachieving bench, the revived Suns head back to L.A. tied at 2, very much alive
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The Phoenix Suns waited three grueling games to see their much ballyhooed bench finally produce.
On Tuesday, their bench did more than that. They outplayed the Lakers… starters, and set [...]
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Good grief, Suns finally rise to the challenge
Phoenix finally joins the series in a spirited game 3 win. That’s Amar’e!
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En route to Phoenix I almost anticipated a breaking news story, reporting that the Lakers had changed their flight plans and were heading back to Tinseltown. Afterall, the media had conceded them the series. It wasn’t that they were up 2-0 heading [...]
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Prince of Darkness back to the NBA
And the Timberwolves continue to reinvent themselves
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Bill Laimbeer is coming back to the NBA, but his second stint in the league (this time as a coach) will not be coming with the team that made him a household name, and one of the most rugged defensive forces in the sport.
Instead, the former Notre Dame [...]
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Does Dwight Howard want to be great? (Or is he satisfied just being good?)
Orlando’s franchise center has the talent to take over the basketball universe, but does he have the drive and the maturity to truly become great? That is the question
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The man with the million dollar smile and the multi million dollar contract sat on the podium, taking questions from reporters just minutes after a discouraging [...]
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No Magic tonight: Lakers win 15th NBA title
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Maybe it was the look that Kobe Bryant had in his eyes during game one when the LA Lakers disposed of Orlando in one of the largest shellackings in NBA history. Maybe it was the goaltend that wasn’t called, and the shot that wasn’t made as time expired in game two, giving the Lakers [...]
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