NBA: Nothing But Assholes
laballtalk.com 5/29/2008 — The NBA has really taken a turn for the worst. They fine players at the wrong times. They allow betting scandals to develop. They set themselves up for conspiracy theories. They make stupid rules. Why doesn’t the NBA league office realize that the less they do, the better the game will be?

Lakers - Spurs Game Five Live Blog
sports.aol.com 5/30/2008 — Rock out with your smock out. Brinson's running the show.

Postcards From LA, Vol. 13: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs
emptythebench.com 5/30/2008 — I’m not going to tell you that Kobe is a great guy, but Kobe is the most superb basketball player in the universe, an assassin in high tops, and what I truly respect about him is that he not only makes the absolute most of the god given gifts he’s been blessed with (unlike so many pro athletes who take their winning ticket in the genetic lottery for granted), he has an indomitable will.

Lakers are back in NBA Finals after beating Spurs - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 5/29/2008 — 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 ...

Lakers are back in NBA Finals after beating Spurs - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 5/29/2008 — 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 ...

Missed opportunity: Spurs blow lead, bow out to Lakers — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 5/30/2008
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the defending champions, and are headed to the NBA finals for the first time ...

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 ...

Bryant Leads Lakers past Spurs, into NBA Finals — NBA.com: News 5/30/2008
Kobe Bryant scored 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers rallied from an early 17-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 100-92 on Thursday night and win the Western Conference finals in five games.

Bryant Drives Lakers Into Finals — Wash Post NBA 5/30/2008
Kobe Bryant scores a game-high 39 points as the Lakers make a strong second half push to drop the San Antonio Spurs, 100-92, and advance to the NBA Finals.

Kobe (39) spurs LA into Finals — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 5/30/2008
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the defending champions, and are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in four years. Bryant scored...