latimes.com - 5/29/2008
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Discuss Article (51 Comments) The odyssey began on the shores of Honolulu, the Lakers convening for training camp without knowing what awaited them, other than a slew of grim possibilities. Maybe Kobe Bryant would stay with the Lakers. Maybe he wouldn't. Maybe the Lakers would make the playoffs. Maybe they wouldn't. But the purple and gold confetti fell again Thursday, this time with ...
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Jackson wants NBA to rewind further into Game 4
The Lakers Nation —
... L.A. Times: Fisher’s 17-foot shot with 6.9 seconds left appeared to graze the rim before hitting Spurs forward Robert Horry and falling out of bounds. The referees, however, said Fisher’s shot was an air ball, leaving the Lakers with only two seconds left on the shot clock. Kobe Bryant’s hasty turnaround 16-footer was short, and the Spurs gained possession with 2.1 seconds to play. ...
Boston or Detroit? Who Do You Want to See? A SportsHubLA.com Poll Question
SportsHubLA —
[image] With the Lakers safely into the NBA Finals , all that remains is to learn who they’ll play. It could be the Celtics, with KG, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. The Boston Three Party . The NBA’s Team du Jour (at the start of the season, at least). Or perhaps it’s Rip, ‘Sheed, Chauncey, and Tayshaun (who can turn off the lights of whatever room you’re sitting in right now, from wherever he’s sitting, so long are his arms) and Deeeeeeetroit basketball. Game 6, with Boston up 3-2, is tonight in Motown . Leave your comments below, and cast your vote on the ...
Western Conference Champions
Lakers Blog —
... A few months back this sort of thing might have seemed utterly impossible , what with all the controversy surrounding the purple and gold, but thanks to a ...
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Too little, too late (for the Spurs)
basketbawful.blogspot.com 5/29/2008 — Well, the NBA finally got it right . Unfortunately, they got it right about a day and one crippling loss too late for the San Antonio Spurs. NBA spokesman Tim Frank has officially admitted what my eyes and huge, throbbing brains had already told ...
Time may have run out for Spurs (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/30/2008
Time finally may have run out on the San Antonio Spurs -- both for this season and in their cumulative years. The group of 30-something Spurs could not keep up with the in-their-20s Los Angeles Lakers. After another fast start at Staples Center, San ...
