sportingnews.com - 5/28/2008
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Today's Calls: Lakers vs. Spurs, Joey Crawford vs. Brent Barry, Jay Bruce vs. Josh Hamilton, Tim Lincecum vs. Vicente Padilla, Johan Santana vs. Ervin Santana, Big Brown vs. Tiger Woods, Kevin Love vs. Kevin McHale and More!
The Opening Pitch: The NBA's defending champs are finished. In a game the Spurs had to have -- and had no reason to lose -- they blew it , and now their chances of ...
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Dan Shanoff —
... That's the lead of my Sporting News column today. See the post below for a link to what I think is the definitive take on the Crawford non-call -- by far the most controversial thing to happen in the playoffs so far, and probably the most controversial on-court moment in the NBA since the Spurs-Suns suspensions a year ago. ...
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thesporthump.com 5/28/2008 — As a part time NBA fan who hasn't really been in tune with the league since the Knicks started shitting the bed in the late 90's, I am somewhat intrigued by the potential Celtics-Lakers match up in the NBA Finals. After the Lakers went up 3-1 on the the Spurs last night I thought about bringing out my old Converse Weapons and heading down to the court to see if I can still dunk a golf ...
Postcards From LA, Vol. 12: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs
emptythebench.com 5/28/2008 — By the time I finally finagled a seat at the bar, the Lakers had jumped to a 22-8 lead, and it seemed like everything was going to work out just fine. And it did. Barely. The Lakers hung on by the skin of their teeth for a 93-91 triumph, giving them a commanding 3-1 series lead. But he game should never, ever have been that close.
Just in case more motivation was needed …
detroitbadboys.com 5/28/2008 — … Deadspin has it :
Also, here’s a portion of Dan Shaughnessy’s column from Monday’s Boston Globe :
Can’t help it. The Celtics are ahead of the Pistons, and the Lakers are ahead of the Spurs, and by this time ...
Once more unto the breach…
with-malice.com 5/28/2008 — The Lakers head back to LA-La land, with a 3-1 lead in hand, and the opportunity to close out the reigning champions at the Staples Center. Still - the Spurs are still the SPURS, and the Lakers will have to bring their ‘A’ game for #5.
Bryant Lifts Lakers to Within One Win of Returning to the NBA Finals
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 5/28/2008 — Kobe Bryant led the Lakers in scoring (28 points) and rebounds (10) as they beat the San Antonio Spurs 93-91 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals. He scored eight points on 4-4 field goal shooting as the Lakers raced out to a 22-8 first quarter advantage and the Lakers never trailed for the fourth time in their past six playoff games.
LAKERS ONE WIN FROM WEST TITLE —
NY Post: Sports 5/28/2008
SAN ANTONIO Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are one win away from returning to the NBA finals. Bryant had 28 points and 10 rebounds and the Lakers beat the Spurs 93-91 last night to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals. It was the Spurs'...
The Fix Was In For LA? Not Quite —
Wizards Insider 5/28/2008
The conspiracy theorists thinking that the league office is purposely attempting to have a Los Angeles Lakers-Boston Celtics NBA Finals began lining up the moment it was announced that official Joey Crawford had been assigned to Game 4 of the Western ...
