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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Brings Back Lob City
After so many different kinds of wins, “Lob City” was what the Los Angeles Clippers needed from Blake Griffin and Chris Paul to get back on track, sending another painful blow to their city rivals.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Losing His Faith in Teammates
Frustration, there’s no other word. Failure maybe, although the distance between fail and success is only measured by the record and playoff stage the Los Angeles Lakers will end up with.
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Denver Nuggets – Team Basketball is Better Than Kobe Bryant
The Kobe Bryant scoring streak continues, now at 10 consecutive games with at least 30 points. The Los Angeles Lakers winning streak? Over in the hands of a younger, faster and more balanced Denver Nuggets. Things could get worse, because Dwight Howard might miss some games.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant is the Happiest Steve Nash is Back
Believe it or not, the Los Angeles Lakers are finally at .500 again after winning five consecutive games. For once, no one has any complaints about Kobe Bryant scoring more than 30 points or taking more than 20 shots. When the wins come the right way, every one is happy.
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NBA on Christmas – Knicks vs Lakers Predictions
The top two scorers in the NBA meet on Christmas, but the biggest question isn’t about who scores more points, Carmelo Anthony or Kobe Bryant, but if the New York Knicks pick up their outside shooting which has fallen on hard times lately, and if the Los Angeles Lakers are finally having a winning streak that means this team is going where it’s supposed to.
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Kobe Bryant – In a League of his Own, Not Necessarily in a Good Way
Was anyone surprised that Kobe Bryant took more than 40 field goal attempts against the Golden State Warriors? It might be the first time this season that he’s taken this much on himself, but it’s happened quite a lot, especially when compared with other players, since he began his career for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Can’t See Past the End of His Nose
It doesn’t really matter that Kobe Bryant speaks after every game about getting back this player or the other. This time it was Steve Nash back in the lineup, also hitting the game clinching shot for the Los Angeles Lakers in a rare road win this season, but this game was once again, maybe more than ever, about Bryant ignoring everyone else, regardless of what was happening on the court.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Keeps Playing Alone
Another superb scoring performance from Kobe Bryant, another loss for the Los Angeles Lakers. A team that was supposed to be playing the most balanced kind of offense in the NBA when the season kicked off has changed and turned and transformed into a torn apart unit that simply doesn’t know what to do to win games.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Players Beginning to Quit on This Team
So we’re a quarter of the season into the 2012-2013 NBA season, and the team that made the most noise during the off season still can’t pick up off from mediocrity, let alone simply being bad. They’re 9-12, still without Steve Nash. They’re without Pau Gasol and seem to be losing him forever at the current pace, while Dwight Howard can’t hit a free throw and Kobe Bryant puts up futile big numbers.
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Los Angeles Lakers – It’s All About Kobe Bryant
Players and coaches, they come and go. Eight years ago the Los Angeles Lakers made a decision to go with Kobe Bryant. Little by little, one of the two most illustrious franchises in the NBA has turned into a one man show, a stage they can’t seem to shake this Cult of personality that might be great for individual achievements (30,000 career points), but it’s stopping this team from moving forward.