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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Gets the Reigns From Kobe Bryant
After an impressive run for the last 8 games, Kobe Bryant was bound to slow down at some point. Instead of letting it slow down the Los Angeles Lakers and their impressive run towards the postseason, it just gave room for Dwight Howard to shine in the kind of game not too long ago he would have faltered and failed.
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Houston Rockets – Want a Big Man Next to James Harden & Jeremy Lin
The strength of the Houston Rockets this season (34-30, 7th in the Western Conference) has been the play of their back-court with James Harden getting most of the accolades next to Jeremy Lin, but they want to add a bit more strength and firepower down low, hoping to succeed in pursuing after Dwight Howard, or settling for Josh Smith and Andrew Bynum as the alternatives.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Impossibly Keeps Getting Better
From the depth of NBA despair, it seems the Los Angeles Lakers, as imperfect and flawed as before, are finding the recipe to make the dysfunctional formula work, with Steve Nash and Dwight Howard patching things up, while Kobe Bryant is playing like his life depends on it.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Making the Impossible Happen
Disparity seems to be bringing out the best of the Los Angeles Lakers, or at least Kobe Bryant, pulling the team from the mouths of a huge defeat, pulling off every shot he has in his bag of tricks to come out as the winner after an improbable comeback, with hope of a playoff spot greater than ever.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Still Not Comfortable
As long as Kobe Bryant is playing with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dwight Howard will be viewed as a not-to-serious, underachieving center, who doesn’t care about winning as much as the Lakers biggest star does. Fighting a losing battle against fan and media perception isn’t making this season easier for him.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Shows his Unstoppable Mode
Before the game, Kobe Bryant talked about smacking Serge Ibaka. It turned out that talking about Ibaka and focusing on Kevin Durant wasn’t really in the focus of things. The Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t handle the Oklahoma City Thunder because Russell Westbrook was the next player to make a laughing stock of their perimeter and transition defense.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant is Clutch Again
It hasn’t been exactly the best of seasons for Kobe Bryant when it comes to proving his “clutchness”, but things are changing. He’s hitting his best form of the season at the perfect time, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a .500 record for the first time since the final game of the previous calendar year.
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Houston Rockets – Turning James Harden and Jeremy Lin into Champions
By bringing in James Harden and Jeremy Lin last off-season, Daryl Morey turned the Houston Rockets into a nationally (and internationally) relevant team again, not to mention a playoff franchise once again. By leaving quite a lot of cap space for the 2013 and 2014 summers, his future goals are even bigger.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Can’t Escape a Losing Record
Even with Kobe Bryant playing his best basketball of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers are from over, and their attempts to make a playoff push in the final third of the NBA season keeps hitting roadblocks in the form of better teams, this time the Denver Nuggets.