Superstar LeBron James warned his young Los Angeles Lakers teammates that his patience was wearing thin after a third narrow loss less than two weeks into the new regular season. “You probably don’t want to be around when my patience runs out. I’m serious,” James said after the Lakers lost 124-120 at Minnesota on Monday night, leaving them with five …
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Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant was hailed as the “greatest” Los Angeles Laker of all Monday by fellow legend Magic Johnson in a ceremony to retire Bryant’s jersey numbers. The tribute came at half-time of the Lakers’ Staples Center matchup against the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, with Bryant’s Numbers 8 and 24 joining other inspirational Laker icons from the …
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The Los Angeles Lakers will retire both of Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers in a lavish halftime ceremony Monday when the Lakers host the defending champion Golden State Warriors at Staples Center arena. “As a kid growing up in Italy, I always dreamed of my jersey hanging in the Lakers’ rafters, but I certainly never imagined two of them,” Bryant said. …
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The Golden State Warriors have evened the series at 2 games a piece, triumphing over The Cleveland Cavaliers 103-82 Tuesday night. That scoreline flatters them slightly, this was a competitive game through three quarters. Here I will look at where the game was won and lost. The phrase must win was created for game 4 of The 2015 NBA Finals. …
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Game 4 of the NBA Finals was packed with all sorts of funky moments that if you saw just one of would make them instantly memorable, but to have so many was truly hilarious. The Quicken Loans arena lends itself to moments of goofyness, watching games on T.V from their it often feels like more than a religious experience than …
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Conor O’Mahony looks at how the Cavs won game three and the adjustments GSW must make. _____ Cavs Defence On Steph Curry Watching Curry play in game 3 of the finals through the first three quarters, a thought began to form in my mind. Curry was playing like LeBron did in the 2011 NBA Finals vs the Dirk Nowitski-led Dallas …
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Game 1 was all kinds of amazing. However I really feel that the Cleveland Cavaliers had to win last night to have any hope of knocking off the Golden State Warriors. Lets run it back, and I’ll explain why. The Cavs Played as Well as they Can and Still Lost. LeBron played out of his mind, going off for 44 …
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The NBA Finals are upon us! The conference finals ended 9 days ago, and the long wait for the Finals to begin is over. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors both took care of business early, with the Cavs sweeping the Atlanta Hawks and The Warriors putting the Houston Rockets to the sword in five games. League suits decided …
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“Game Seven,” the two sweetest words in the lexicon of NBA basketball lovers. The San Antonio Spurs verses the Los Angeles Clippers has been the series of the first round by a country mile. Whatever the result tonight, I am utterly convinced that we will be losing 1 of the 4 best teams in the entire league. It is a …
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The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the worst teams in the NBA, but fear not Laker fans that’s actually a good thing. It’s been a tough few years for Lakers Nation. Cast into the barren playoff-less wilderness, time has not been too good for the storied franchise since the highly publicised Steve Nash trade. Since Mike D’Antoni’s failure to unite …
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Here Conor O’Mahony discusses the San Antonio Spurs’ recent return to form, which has seen them win five games in a row. Obituaries were being written for the 2015 San Antonio Spurs two weeks ago. They had lost four games in a row, culminating in a pummelling by The Portland Trailblazers 111-95 on the 25th of February. Sports reporters, as they do whenever …
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It was a historic night for in Minnesota for Kobe Bryant, as he overtook the great Michael Jordan to move into third in the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Kobe needed just nine points to achieve the feat (32,292)but finished the game with 26, leading the Lakers to a six-point win over the Timberwolves. It is a much welcomed positive in a negative …
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The difference in ticket prices between storied franchises such as the New York Knicks and presumed lottery teams such as the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans is frightening. Despite Derek Fisher’s New York Knicks riding a six-game losing streak and sitting at 4-16 for the season, the average ticket price at Madison Square Garden sits at a steep $130. Bearing in …
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Garbhan Madigan looks at Kobe Bryant’s career as he continues to break NBA records, while winding down towards a cruel ending with the Los Angeles Lakers. I met ‘Kobe Bryant’ when I was in my basketball infancy. As a child playing basketball games on various game consoles in the early 2000’s, we strove to find out more information so as …
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Kobe Bryant made history last night when he became the first NBA player to reach 30,000 points and 6,000 assists, pipping greats like Michael Jordan and Karl Malone. The Black Mamba came into the Lakers’ clash with the Raptors knowing that nine assists would see him etch his name into the history books. But, Kobe being Kobe, he went gung-ho and …
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The Los Angeles Lakers’ injury woes continued last night when top prospect Julius Randle broke his leg in the season opener with Houston. The blow was another dark moment in a pitch black few years that have seen the Lakers’ key men struck down by horrific injuries. With Kobe Bryant having just returned from a stop-start horror two seasons, there …
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Comebacks have been an ever-present in the career of Kobe Bryant and Monday night was no different for the Los Angeles Lakers legend. The Black Mamba made his eagerly anticipated return in the Purp n’ Yellow for the game with Denver on Monday night following a long injury lay off and although it’s only pre-season, Kobe displayed an athleticism that transcended his …
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Kobe Bryant has gone through a torturous eighteen months since going down with a torn Achilles tendon late in the 2013 season. Conor O’Mahony discusses the Black Mamba’s impending return. During the 2012-2013 season the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant faced every situation imaginable. The Lakers trotted out 5 All Stars on opening night* and looked for all the …
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