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Lakers and Spurs, winners of seven of last nine NBA titles, renew rivalry Matt Slocum / ASSOCIATED PRESS Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan hope to cancel the Lake Show's season. May 20: Credit the Spurs for a job well done in Game 7 against the Hornets, but they will fall to the Lakers...
Filed under: Lakers, Spurs, Western, NBA Playoffs Biggest Reason You Should Watch: This match-up is the closest thing that the NBA has had to a consistent rivalry this decade. This is the fifth time since the 2000-01 season that these teams will meet in the playoffs: There's history here, people....
Posted: Wednesday May 21, 2008 6:32PM; Updated: Wednesday May 21, 2008 6:39PM Lakers' Bynum gets knee scoped, should be ready next season Bynum hasn't played since suffering a subluxation of the kneecap on Jan. 13 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Center Andrew Bynum underwent arthroscopic knee surgery...
"Never think of it," Stern said, "Never think of it." "He doesn't 'think' about it -- he DREAMS about it," the executive said good naturedly, underscoring one of the topics of conversation at the annual NBA Lottery on Tuesday night in Secaucus, N.J. So do the executives of ABC, which will be...
Kickin' It With Mark Whicker debuts, and he goes one-on-one with Kevin Ding. By MARK WHICKER and KEVIN DING Note: This is the first installment of a new weekly feature: Kickin' It With Mark Whicker. First up, the Lakers-Spurs series, which Whicker picks San Antonio to win. Mark Whicker: Well,...
What movie or movies should Phil splice into the game tape for the Spurs series? Sidle up with a bucket of popcorn and give us your suggestions. Lakers coach Phil Jackson has made a postseason tradition out of splicing movie clips into game tape to send a motivational message and/or make sure his...
Kevin Garnett, no doubt, casts a covetous glance at Kobe Bryant on occasion. But it's Bryant who has three of the Championship rings that Garnett so badly craves. The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are not short of legends, many forged within the intense rivalry that continues between the...
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 09:00 CDT By Rodney Mckissic, The Buffalo News, N.Y. May 21--After back-to-back seven-game series against Atlanta and Cleveland, the Boston Celtics were showing signs of becoming just another good team. Although the Celtics swaggered into the playoffs with the...
There's no rest for weary Spurs By CHARLES F. GARDNER cgardner@journalsentinel.com Kobe Bryant handed out $10,000 watches to his Los Angeles Lakers teammates at a team dinner Monday night, a not-so-little thank you for the part they played in Bryant's league most valuable player award. NBA West:...
CENTER San Antonio's Tim Duncan vs. Los Angeles' Pau Gasol: Duncan shot 5 for 17 in Game 7 against New Orleans, but he still made a major impact on the game with 16 points and 14 rebounds. His physical play will be tough for the Lakers to defend, and they will rotate other players against him to...
