Defining Pau Gasol's martyrdom
sports.yahoo.com 6/11/2009 — It might be time to re-consider how much we howl about Pau Gasol Coming off the heels of a Game 3 that seemed all-too-typical amongst Laker losses, the usual bleating (with yours truly tending to yell loudest, above all) about the lack of Pau in ...

Pau Gasol’s post-Game 2 NBA Finals interview
lakers.freedomblogging.com 6/8/2009 — Q. Could you have played that type of defense on Howard last year? PAU GASOL: Did I? Q. No, could you have? How much have you improved defensively? PAU GASOL: I think I’ve improved. I think I’ve improved physically to be able to hold my ...

Kobe Bryant Spins and Drops it Off for Pau Gasol in the Lane for the Slam (video)
youtube.com 6/12/2009 — Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Watch as a spinning Kobe Bryant finds Pau gasol in the lane for the slam in game 4.

Just too painful to watch
boston.com 6/15/2009 — ORLANDO, Fla. - Doc Rivers doesn't live that far from Amway Arena. The Celtics coach has been offered tickets to NBA Finals games between the Magic and Lakers, too. But without the Celtics being involved, the admitted poor loser didn't plan on ...

NBA Finals: The Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol is the most important player in the series
insider.espn.go.com 6/2/2009 — The names on the marquee are Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard . And over the next two weeks, those two players undoubtedly will receive most of the ink. But if there is a key player in these NBA Finals, it isn't one of those two. No, the most important ...

NBA NEWS: NBA news,Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, and Trevor Ariza on Jimmy Kimmel Live
sports-nba.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, and Trevor Ariza guest star on Jimmy Kimmel Live and talk about thier 2009 NBA championship title. I Do Not Own This. It Belongs To ABC.

Gasol needs more shots
ocregister.com 6/11/2009 — The Lakers center made 9 of 11 in Game 3, but 11 aren't enough.

Kobe's Legacy Not Only One on the Line
sportingnews.com 6/4/2009 — LOS ANGELES -- To peruse the papers and listen to the chatter around the NBA Finals here, you’d think that there was only one player suiting up for tonight’s opener -- Kobe Bryant. Apparently, Bryant needs a win in this series to validate ...

NBA Talk NBA Finals Edition: Pau Gasol Isn’t Soft Any More!
lebasketbawl.com 6/13/2009 — Pau Gasol was always questioned about his toughness. Especially in last year’s NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. He was also questioned about his toughness against point guards! Have you ever seen him dunked by Baron Davis? He struggled badly last year against Kevin Garnett in ...

NBA NEWS: NBA news,Kobe Bryant- "Greatest Champion"
sports-nba.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — Well here it is. The moment you all have been waiting for. Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, determined all season, win the Larry O'brien trophy and are now your 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONS! I don't know about you guys, but growing up watching the 3-peat, I think this is the greatest championship since the ...

Kobe Bryant: Lessons in Resiliency — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/22/2009
“ You can know [God] all you want, but until you got to pick up that cross that you can't carry, and He picks it up for you and carries you and the cross .. then you know.”  ...

NHL Concludes Successful Season… Now What? — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/23/2009
The NHL just finished its most successful playoffs in decades. The commissioner of the NHL, Gary Bettman could not have asked for more to promote his league. He got an entertaining seven game series between the three best young talents in the league ...

Is Kobe Trying to play General Manager again? — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/23/2009
The last time Mr. Bryant opened his mouth on how to improve the Lakers, "All Hell broke loose," right? The media became so focused on Kobe and his Lakers complaints, that we hardly knew the playoffs were happening. It was "all Kobe, all ...

The All-Time Los Angeles Lakers Team — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/23/2009
After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic to win the NBA championship—their 10th in Los Angeles—and as I was watching the fans celebrate on TV in front of Staples Center and at the Coliseum, I started thinking about who would be ...

Los Angeles Lakers: New Black Uniforms in The Future? — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/24/2009
Since 2003, the Los Angeles Lakers have occasionally bared their white uniforms to battle, most notably on Sunday games and Christmas Day. The white jerseys were designed by Jeannie Buss, symbolizing a tribute to the late Laker's ...