The Starting Five: Best Old School Commercials
halfcourtheave.com 4/21/2008 — OK, so usually something happens that gets me thinking about a particular Starting Five segment, and that is the case with this one. As I was watching the Hornets game on Saturday on ESPN, I came across the bowling commercial staring Chris Paul:  ...

Flopping? Is it right for me?
blogs.sun-sentinel.com 4/21/2008 —              The words resonate because we've heard them so many times in these parts.                           ...

SHELBURNE: Diesel fuel, or Gasol? - LA Daily News
dailynews.com 4/21/2008 — It feels blasphemous to even think it, much less say it aloud, but these Lakers - Kobe's and Pau's Lakers, that is - just might end up being better than Kobe and Shaq's dysfunctional, but brilliant bunches of the early 2000s. It's still very, very ...

Lakers vs. Celtics: Would a Boston-Los Angeles Final Really Help the NBA?
bleacherreport.com 4/21/2008 — NBA, NBA Atlantic, NBA Central, NBA Southeast, NBA Pacific, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, Los Angeles Sports

Spurs notebook: O'Neal says he 'ain't changing nothing'
mysanantonio.com 4/21/2008 — Web Posted: 04/20/2008 11:07 PM CDT Mike Monroe Express-News San Antonio Spurs vs. Phoenix Suns NBA Suns center Shaquille O'Neal won't be adjusting his style of play in hopes of avoiding the early foul trouble that limited him to 30 minutes and 20 ...

An NBA Buffet — Wash Post NBA 4/19/2008
This year's NBA postseason is one with greater promise than any season since 1998, the year Michael Jordan retired from the Bulls.

Follow Game 1 of Nuggets-Lakers LIVE — FOXSports.com News for NBA 4/20/2008
Kobe hasn't won a series since Shaq left L.A. But with a new superstar by his side, will that drought end? Follow Game 1 LIVE.

Lakers 128, Nuggets 114: Gasol Proves Lakers Are a One-Man Band No More — NYT > Pro Basketball 4/21/2008
The Lakers did something Sunday that had been heretofore unimaginable in the post-Shaquille O’Neal era: They won a playoff game without Kobe Bryant in the starring role.

Duncan Carries Spurs to Game One Win Over Suns — Wash Post NBA 4/20/2008
Tim Duncan hits a three-pointer at the end of overtime and Manu Ginobili's layup at the end of the second extra period sends San Antonio past the Suns, 117-115, in their series opener.

NBA Playoffs | San Antonio takes 2-0 lead over Phoenix — The Seattle Times: Sports 4/23/2008
Speedy Tony Parker rushed toward the basket on the fast break, then slammed into the 320-pound wall known as Shaquille O'Neal and fell to...