[picappgallerysingle id="8137339"] The Lakers and the Nuggets simply don’t like each other.  You see it on the court and you hear it in the quotes from the players both before and after the games.  So, when these two teams play a nationally televised game on a Sunday afternoon, you’re bound to see an intense battle [...]

[picappgallerysingle id="7816570"] Records: Lakers 44-15 (1st in West), Nuggets 39-19 (2nd in West, 4.5 games behind Lakers) Offensive ratings: Lakers 108.8 (9th in NBA), Nuggets 112.4 (2nd in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.0 (1st in NBA), Nuggets 107.2 (16th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum [...]

The game preview will be up later, but in the meantime this video from LD2k (who is simply the best – check him out) got me excited.  Sure it’s an intro to last years WCF.  So what?  It got me in the mood anyway.  Enjoy.  And let’s get ready for a big game tomorrow.

[picappgallerysingle id="8117414"] We all know the old fable of the tortoise vs. the hare.  Slow and steady wins the race.  Against the Sixers, the Lakers definitely looked slow.  And while they weren’t that steady, they were stable enough to pull out a win against a game opponent.  And for that, they deserve some credit. But [...]

[picappgallerysingle id="4315974"] Records: Lakers 43-15 (1st in West), 76ers 22-35 (10th in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 108.8 (10th in NBA), 76ers 105.7 (20th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.0 (Tied for 1st in NBA), 76ers 108.6 (20th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum 76ers:  Louis [...]