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Los Angeles Lakers – A Lesson in Who is Really Important
If Kobe Bryant couldn’t have played any worse and the Los Angeles Lakers, led in scoring by Dwight Howard once again, still came up with the win, what does that mean about who should be the focus of this offense? Not sure, but it does raise a few questions about the hierarchy on this team’s offense.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Steve Nash Giving Up on Dwight Howard
It’s one thing for Kobe Bryant to throw a teammate under the bus; that’s happened before. But for Steve Nash to go out of his way and make an example (once again) of Dwight Howard for the reason things aren’t going well for the Los Angeles Lakers? Things are bad.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Reaches a Whole New Level
While the Los Angeles Lakers keep trying to find a way and get passed the whole Kobe Bryant vs Dwight Howard feud, which believe it or not, is destroying this team’s last chance of making the NBA playoffs, the Miami Heat are relishing every chance they get to see Dwyane Wade partner with LeBron James for the kind of basketball that keeps getting better and better.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Easy Teams Make For Deceiving Wins
A fractured team, the Los Angeles Lakers are. Kobe Bryant doesn’t respect Dwight Howard, and drags the rest of the team with him. Howard is playing injured, but isn’t happy about the whole situation. And still, easy road games make for results that might a be a bit confusing and misleading.
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Boston Celtics – No Problem Beating a Broken Team
The media tried to turn up the hype before the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers first meeting of the season by trying to compare this game with the brighter days of the rivalry. Those days are long gone, with the Celtics running on fumes of a would-be dynasty while the Lakers look to be completely falling apart.
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Lakers vs Celtics Predictions
It’s not like the Los Angeles Lakers need a big time game right now, but that’s what they’re getting, coming to play the very hot Boston Celtics in the TD Garden without their two big men.
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Los Angeles Lakers – It’s All on Dwight Howard Now
The news is, Pau Gasol is out. This means there’s no more questions regarding Dwight Howard, trades, and Mike D’Antoni benching the Spaniard. It’s all about the man usually referred to as the best center in the NBA, who needs to prove he’s worth re-signing and becoming the future of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Suddenly the Road Isn’t so Bad
Not having Dwight Howard to start the game; not having Pau Gasol to finish it; Kobe Bryant back to his old shooting numbers as a result. Despite all of that, the Los Angeles Lakers have now won three consecutive games on the road and six of their last seven.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Pau Gasol Hates the Bench
How will Pau Gasol remember the 2012-2013 NBA season? Unless something remarkable happens, he’s not going to look back at it fondly. Posting the lowest numbers of his career while the Los Angeles Lakers are out of the playoff picture at the moment, and Mike D’Antoni deciding to make him a bench player.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Paul Gasol Cheats to Save the Day
It’s only cheating if you get caught, that’s the way the phrase goes. But Pau Gasol did foul Andre Drummond on the final play that could have won the Detroit Pistons the game, only referees wouldn’t call a foul against the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant, who need every break they can get as they try to fight their way into the postseason.