Pacers 118, Lakers 117: MURPH!!!
indycornrows.com 12/3/2008 — You gotta believe, people . You gotta believe. The Indiana Pacers earned an improbable win Tuesday night after Troy Murphy's tip bobbled around the rim and dropped through the net as the final buzzer sounded for a crazy 118-117 win over the Los ...

About Last Night….
forumblueandgold.com 12/10/2008 — ….Or, alternately titled, Sexual Perversity in Sacramento I don’t think anybody who watched part of all of the last five Lakers games that would say this team is playing well right now. It’s still winning games because of the talent level, ...

Kobe Goes Kobe On Pacers
laballtalk.com 1/10/2009 — It’s as simple as that. Kobe went Kobe on them. Yes, you read that right, he went Kobe on them. What does it mean to go Kobe on them? Simple. It’s when a guy name Kobe Bryant plays consistently throughout the game, dishes out 13 assists, ...

Blogger Q&A: Forum Blue & Gold - LA Lakers Blog
truthaboutit.net 12/5/2008 — The Lake Show is in DC tonight, and I'm afraid that Laker Nation posers will be dominating the Verizon Center . I've been called a Laker-Hater in the past, and yes, this fact forced me to root for another team I dislike, Boston, in last year's ...

Celtics remain must-see TV for Lakers
ocregister.com 12/8/2008 — Kevin Ding: After starting the season with a healthy obsession with the Boston Celtics, the Lakers need to be careful about letting that get out of hand and in the way of this season's growth.

The Lakers have been exposed
ocregister.com 12/11/2008 — Ding column: Opponents have figured out how to beat them.

Big Softies
sportshubla.com 12/7/2008 — If you noticed that the moon looked a tinge too red and you haven’t seen your brother recently, there’s a perfectly logical explanation. In case you haven’t already heard—and I don’t know how you couldn’t have—the Lakers ...

Every Play Counts: The Lakers Defense by Kevin Pelton
basketballprospectus.com 11/9/2008 — The Lakers have opened the season in a new defense that is creating havoc for opponents.

All Is Right With The World
forumblueandgold.com 11/13/2008 — We can nit-pick this team if we want (and we my a little bit), but we Lakers fans need to step back for a second and enjoy this moment. We need to savor watching this team play, the passing, the breaks, the dunks and the beauty of well-played ...

Lakers Getting Defensive
ballerblogger.com 11/12/2008 — I meant to get to this earlier, but Kevin Pelton put together a great scouting report of LA’s new defensive scheme at Basketball Prospectus . I watched Los Angeles’ home opener against Portland and noticed the Lakers were overloading the ...

Pacers' Murphy tips in shot at buzzer to beat Lakers — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 12/3/2008
Danny Granger scored 32 points and led Indiana back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit, and Troy Murphy's buzzer-beating ...

Substitution pattern doesn't sit well with Lakers' Andrew Bynum — L.A. Times - Basketball 12/3/2008
He is perplexed that the second unit is taken out early in the fourth quarter in loss to Pacers. The group helped Lakers take a 16-point lead, but also let the margin slip to eight. >  ...

Pacers stun Lakers — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 12/3/2008
Danny Granger scored 32 points and led Indiana back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit, and Troy Murphy tipped in a missed shot at the buzzer to complete an improbable...

Troy Murphy’s Tip-In Defeats Los Angeles Lakers — Bleacher Report - NBA 12/3/2008
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)— Troy Murphy and Danny Granger spent most of Tuesday night working to keep the Pacers close to the Lakers. They spent those final few seconds like everyone else in Conseco Fieldhouse—watching, waiting, and wondering ...

Lakers—Too Much Confidence Made Them Loose — Bleacher Report - NBA 12/3/2008
The Lakers defeated Dallas, New Orleans, and Denver—twice. With a 14-1 record, they flew into Indianapolis with jackets and sweaters. Kobe Bryant was dreaming of another championship to tie Shaq's ring count, while Phil Jackson dreamt of giving ...