Lakers center Andrew Bynum played only 16 minutes in Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals and told Phil Jackson that he felt a little tightness in the back of his right leg, which made it difficult for him to run up and down the court. “He wasn’t able to move fluidly in the second … [Read more…]
Kendrick Perkins is the anchor of the Boston Celtics and without him the Celtics sunk like the Titanic. Seven minutes into Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals, the Celtics lost their starting center when he came down awkwardly on his right knee while trying to grab an offensive rebound away from Kobe Bryant and … [Read more…]
The L.A. Lakers are a proud basketball team that doesn’t easily back down from challenge – at least the leaders of the team don’t. So, after losing two of three in Boston, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson and team co-captain Kobe Bryant were in very salty moods. And who can blame them? For the first … [Read more…]
Kobe Bryant wanted to win another NBA title so bad it nearly cost him. Despite shooting a pathetic 6-for-26 in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics, Bryant was awarded the Finals MVP trophy as he celebrated his fifth NBA championship. Is Bryant the greatest Laker of all time? That’s the … [Read more…]
Charley Barkley can, at times, be a little bombastic when it comes to his basketball assessments for TNT and NBATV, but his opinion of Ron Artest in the 2010 NBA Finals is dead on. Barkley criticized the Lakers forward for being absent offensively for much of this series and his lack of productivity is hurting … [Read more…]
Back in the 1980s, what made the Lakers-Celtics rivalry extra heated was because of the cultural differences between the two ballclubs and their fans. The Celtics were considered a hard-working, lunch-pail group that was more interested in substance that style. Fans who followed and admired the Celtics followers were predominantly white, mainly because the two … [Read more…]
Andrew Bynum is expected to have his ailing right knee examined today and his status for Game 5 is uncertain. Bynum has been playing with a torn meniscus since the first round of the 2010 NBA playoffs, but he reaggravated the injury in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Lakers officials say there is swelling … [Read more…]
Game 4 of the 2010 NBA Finals turned into the Nate Robinson & Glen Davis Show. Little Nate and Big Baby were a huge hit on Thursday night both during the game and afterward, pumping a different vibe into this hotly contested series that is now tied at 2-2 with still one game left to … [Read more…]
Phil Jackson got his message across earlier in the week and now it’s Doc Rivers’ turn to bellyache about NBA officiating. During his Wednesday morning press conference, nearly 12 hours after his Boston Celtics lost, 91-84, to the L.A. Lakers in Game 3 of the 2010 NBA Finals, Rivers offered his thoughts on Derek Fisher … [Read more…]
Too old, too slow, too limited athletically and too short. Derek Fisher has heard all the criticism, but the two aspects of his game that never gets questioned are his heart and his toughness, physically and mentally. Fisher, who is listed at 6 feet but is probably closer to 5-10, has such a strong belief … [Read more…]