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The Lakers went all out with the retro theme for their measuring-stick game with the Celtics, but I think in the end it was far too distracting for them to be able to seriously compete with one of the league's top teams. The sound system blared 80's hits from artists like Run DMC and Chaka Khan, the Laker Girls wore the old school dance gear with excessive glam makeup, and even assistant ...
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Day 62 of 170: Lakers Break Out the Hot Pants
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... What were the Lakers thinking by breaking out the old school 80’s shorts last night? I understand the tribute to Jerry West thing, but they really thought it’d be a good idea to wear tight, constricting short-shorts in an actual professional basketball game in the year 2007? ...
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dimemag.com 12/31/2007 — Photo. Gary Land No doubt you’ve already seen what the Lakers did last night: Coming out for the Celtics game with everyone on the roster wearing old-school short shorts — so small that guys’ warmup jackets almost came down to the ...
dimemag.com 12/31/2007 — Photo. Gary Land No doubt you’ve already seen what the Lakers did last night: Coming out for the Celtics game with everyone on the roster wearing old-school short shorts — so small that guys’ warmup jackets almost came down to the ...
Who Wears Short Shorts
bronx-bomberz.blogspot.com 12/31/2007 — The Lakers do . But even short shorts reminiscent of Kurt Rambis or life before The Fab Five could not keep LA from losing by twenty to the Celts. Boy, promotional teams really love the whole throwback idea a bit too much. With the Jets poised to pick up another top 10 bust in the draft after a royally disappointing season and the Knicks playing like a team out of the California Penal ...
bronx-bomberz.blogspot.com 12/31/2007 — The Lakers do . But even short shorts reminiscent of Kurt Rambis or life before The Fab Five could not keep LA from losing by twenty to the Celts. Boy, promotional teams really love the whole throwback idea a bit too much. With the Jets poised to pick up another top 10 bust in the draft after a royally disappointing season and the Knicks playing like a team out of the California Penal ...
Get Shorty
uniwatchblog.com 12/31/2007 — Whenever there’s an NBA throwback game, I inevitably get a few e-mails from people complaining that they should have shortened the shorts for maximum retro effect. The Lakers must have been listening, because last night they took the court ...
uniwatchblog.com 12/31/2007 — Whenever there’s an NBA throwback game, I inevitably get a few e-mails from people complaining that they should have shortened the shorts for maximum retro effect. The Lakers must have been listening, because last night they took the court ...
Crucifido’s Corner: Celtics vs. Lakers (Game 30 12/31/2007)
clublakers.com 1/4/2008 — Blame It On The Shorts As funny as it was maybe coming into the game in the short shorts put the Lakers in too playful of a mindset and took them out of just how tough the task of winning this game was. There were of course a ton of other factors that led to the Lakers getting jumped on by the Celtics tonight, the least of which was the completely uninspired play of the entire team ...
clublakers.com 1/4/2008 — Blame It On The Shorts As funny as it was maybe coming into the game in the short shorts put the Lakers in too playful of a mindset and took them out of just how tough the task of winning this game was. There were of course a ton of other factors that led to the Lakers getting jumped on by the Celtics tonight, the least of which was the completely uninspired play of the entire team ...
BDG: Crittenton Gets Time To Shine
clublakers.com 1/5/2008 — Maybe it was getting blown out by the relevant-again Boston Celtics. Maybe it was getting beaten down while wearing short shorts. Whatever it was, the Los Angeles Lakers came into Friday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers with a purpose. The team suited up down 3 players — Vladimir Radmanovic and Sasha Vujacic sat with sprained ankles, while Lamar Odom was banned from STAPLES ...
clublakers.com 1/5/2008 — Maybe it was getting blown out by the relevant-again Boston Celtics. Maybe it was getting beaten down while wearing short shorts. Whatever it was, the Los Angeles Lakers came into Friday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers with a purpose. The team suited up down 3 players — Vladimir Radmanovic and Sasha Vujacic sat with sprained ankles, while Lamar Odom was banned from STAPLES ...
Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers (first half) — Sports On My Mind
T he Los Angeles Lakers starting lineup against the Boston Celtics took the floor of the Staples Center looking like five John Stocktons. It was 80s night at the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Lakers lineup comprised of Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, Andrew Bynum, and Trevor Ariza, along with the rest of the team, appropriately donned short-shorts.
“We’re a much ...
Boston Celtics at LA Lakers: The Lakers Prove They Have a Long Way to Go to Become an Elite Team — Sports On My Mind
T he Los Angeles Lakers starting lineup against the Boston Celtics took the floor of the Staples Center looking like five John Stocktons. It was 80s night at the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Lakers lineup comprised of Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, Andrew Bynum, and Trevor Ariza, along with the rest of the team, appropriately donned short-shorts.
“We’re a much ...
Thursday (short shorts) edition: Wha’ Happened? — Randball
Just to give you an idea of the mental anguish that is sometimes foisted upon an elite athlete, please take a moment to read a comment made by Kobe Bryant a few days ago in regards to the shorter-than-usual shorts his Lakers wore against the Celtics : “I don’t know what it’s like to wear a thong, but I imagine it feels something like what we had on in the first half. I felt ...
Lamar Odom: Good Kid, Dumb Player — HoopsBlogging
Late in the Lakers 19-point loss against Boston on December 30, Lamar Odom was angry. He was not only pissed off at the fact that he had to wear short-shorts for the entire first half, but he outraged over the fact that he’s had a disappointing basketball career due to nagging injuries.
So what better way to get rid of his anger than to take it out on Ray Allen, right?
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Awesome Things Happen When You’re Not Paying Attention — Dejuiced! Sports News with No Boundaries
Among the orgy of college football games, apparently the Lakers did something awesome: they played first half of their game against the Celtics in short shorts. Way to do that when no one’s watching, NBA.
And why didn’t anyone wear rec-specs? C’mon!
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One More about the Shorts — Dime Magazine
The official Lakers site has some video from inside L.A.’s locker room from right before the Celtics game the other night when they were rocking the short shorts.
Check it out HERE.
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Boston Celtics New Year’s Resolutions — Boston Sports Nation
Ray Allen: Gain consistency back in that beautiful jumper.
Tony Allen: Gain confidence in that left knee, and also vow to make at least seven of the next ten layups.
Glen Davis: Increase stamina level. Also be thankful you don’t have to wear short-shorts like the Lakers.
Kevin Garnett: Don’t get “too intense” for Doc.
Eddie House: Keep knocking down those momentum-changing ...
The Lakers' Shorts Were Hilarious, But the Boston Celtics Beating the Crap Out of Them Wasn't So Funny — LAKERS4LIFE
I never thought I would ever see someone in the NBA ever wear John Stockton shorts again, guess I was wrong. When the Lakers took the floor on Sunday night in the Staples Center anticipation was building to see a great match up between two NBA powerhouses and arch rivals, but no one expected to see Kobe Bryant and his crew suited up the way they were. For about 10 minutes after the ...
Lakers and Celtics Turn Back the Clock — Cobra Brigade
I'm going to go ahead and apologize for the pictures now......but, the Lakers and Celtics turned back the clock last night as the Lakers went with the 'short shorts', the Laker Girls went with spandex outfits and the Celtics.....beat up the the Lakers. Normally, I think 'turn back the clock' nights can be pretty cool, but not in this case. Very, very bad decision. I'm kind of wondering ...
Lakers Come Up A Little Short [Nba Closer] — Deadspin
Ha, nice shorts! It was 1980s retrospective night at the Staples Center on Sunday, the Lakers stylin' with short shorts , assistant coach Kurt Rambis sporting a fake mustache, and the Laker Girls wearing spandex. No word as to whether Nicholson dropped 25 pounds and came dressed as The Joker. (A tremendous James Worthy short shorts reenactment here , at about the 1:01 mark). What the Lakers ...
Ballin’: Sweet, Boston and LA Still Hate Each Other! — The Big Lead
Boston 110, Los Angeles Lakers 91 - Guess we won’t hear anymore talk about waiting for the Celtics to go West - four games in five days, all wins. This one wasn’t ever close, but it was chippy - four techs on the Celtics, three on the Lakers (including one Lamar Odom tackle of Ray Allen that you’ve surely seen ). The short-shorts are apparently some kind of story, but ...
Who Likes Short Shorts? — SLAM Online
…We like short shorts!
(The Lakers rocked the throwback nut-huggers from the 80s during the first half of last night’s home loss to the Celtics. If you missed the game, just be glad that you did not see Derek Fisher looking like he was wearing a diaper . I may never recover from that.)
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Lake Show Becomes Leg Show With Short Shorts — SPORTSbyBROOKS
Who wears short shorts?
Kobe wears short shorts.
In an attempt to bring back the glory days of their ’80s rivalry with Boston, the Lakers donned tiny trousers during Sunday night’s game against the Celtics. The shorts were on display through the first half.
Even Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis broke out the glasses & mustache that made him such a memorable ...
Lakers Come Up ‘Short’ Against Celtics — YAYsports! NBA
(Jack Cobra hanging out on New Year’s Eve.)
The Lakers turned back the clock last night back to the day when shorts were short and they got into fights with the Celtics. I’m not really sure what brought the ’short shorts’ idea to fruition, but I certainly hope we never see it again. Wow. When Notre Dame runs through their tunnel in football wearing the Green Jerseys ...
Karma Catches up to Kobe — Yoda You Should Ask
Last night in a meaningless NBA regular season game the much over rated Boston Celtics beat the easily hate able Los Angeles Lakers 110-91. Now usually we could care less to comment on a meaningless game but this game the Lakers came out wearing some short shorts in a tribute to when the Lakers were a classy fun team to watch. As opposed to the wishing slow death on most of their ...
Lakers Short Shorts Gives ‘Em No Luck vs. Celtics — The Lakers Nation
ESPN : Paul Pierce scored 33 points and Kevin Garnett had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists Sunday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-91 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Boston took the lead in the first quarter and never relinquished it. Each time the Lakers threatened, the Celtics would pull away again.
Kobe Bryant scored 22 for Los Angeles, going just 6-of-25 from the ...
Los Angeles Lakers Rock Their 70s Short Shorts, Get Pantsed By Celtics — FanIQ Blog
I love the idea in concept but I'm not sure the timing was appropriate. When one of the best team's in the NBA pays a visit altering your uniforms in a most noticeable way could easily affect the outcome.
As you can clearly see, the Los Angeles Lakers paid tribute to their classic 70s matchups against the Boston Celtics by rocking the short shorts (although most cheated a little which ...
Pierce Lead Celtics Past Lakers — SOX & Dawgs
Even wearing vintage 1970’s short shorts couldn’t get the Los Angeles Lakers past the surging Boston Celtics as the Green improved to an incredible 26-3 with a 110-91 whipping of the Lakers in front of 18,997 at the Staples Center.Both teams wore vintage throwback uni’s on Sunday night but the Lakers took it to the extreme before changing into baggy shorts at halftime. ...
Above The Rim: Who Wears Short Shorts? — Signal to Noise
Celtics 110, Lakers 91 - Just like old times: a Lkaers-Celtics regular season game with intensity — and on the Lakers’ end, an ill-advised revival of 80s length shorts for the first half. Those short shorts might have made them tense up — Los Angeles shot under 40% in the first half and didn’t do a heck of a lot better in the second half, and letting Paul Pierce ...
The long and the short of it — NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
When the Celtics faced the Lakers in the 1980s, it was the NBA's biggest event. With Boston off to a 25-3 start heading into their visit to the Staples Center on Sunday, the Lakers broke out uniforms reminiscent of those days, complete with short shorts. But the Lakers lost 110-91, leaving Phil Jackson tied with former Celtics coach Red Auerbach for seventh on the NBA's career win list with 938.
Lakers don short shorts; Celtics win sixth straight — SI.com - NBA
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Lakers break out short shorts — ESPN.com - NBA
The Lakers wore short shorts against the Celtics on Sunday.
The Lakers wore short shorts against the Celtics on Sunday.
SPORTS SHORTS — NY Post: Sports
NBA: Odom banned for flagrant foul Lakers forward Lamar Odom was suspended for one game without pay yesterday for committing a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter of his team's 110-91 loss to the Celtics. Odom threw himself into Ray Allen and...
NBA: Odom banned for flagrant foul Lakers forward Lamar Odom was suspended for one game without pay yesterday for committing a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter of his team's 110-91 loss to the Celtics. Odom threw himself into Ray Allen and...
Celtics keep rolling, beat Lakers 110-91 (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
Paul Pierce scored 33 points and Kevin Garnett had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists Sunday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-91 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Boston took the lead in the first quarter and never relinquished ...
Paul Pierce scored 33 points and Kevin Garnett had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists Sunday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-91 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Boston took the lead in the first quarter and never relinquished ...
