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Never underestimate the heart of a champion, because when all else fails and backs are against the wall, the only thing left to fall back on is pride, and, in the case of the Los Angeles Lakers, pride is what carried the defending champions through on Saturday night. Kobe Bryant racked up 38 points and the shorthanded Lakers rallied to beat the host Sacramento Kings in double-overtime, 112-103, notching a positive ...

Life's most important lessons are sometimes gleaned during the course of painful experiences, and if that is true, then the Christmas Day beat-down suffered by the Los Angeles Lakers should prove to be a valuable teaching moment. It would be easy to chalk this up as a bad game for the Lakers, but what the Cleveland Cavaliers accomplished was of aáfar more sinister nature, and left the Lakers in need of ...

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics are by far the best franchises in the history of the NBA, and they have proven this through their championship pedigree, their Hall of Fame players, and the manner in which their organizations are run. Between them they have amassed 32 NBA championshipsùBoston accounts for 17 of those and Los Angeles has earned 15ùand have consistently churned out players that have changed the ...

Kobe Bryant has found himself caught in the midst of a battle that he has no chance at all of winning. For some reason or another, scores of fans, pundits, and average people have held an obsession with taking an aspect of Bryant's game and going to extraordinary lengths to prove that it's not valid. For instance, it's widely accepted as fact that Bryant is the closest player to Michael Jordan ...

The Los Angeles Lakers' first extended trip away from the Staples Center revealed various things about the team and reinforced several things that were already known. For one, the Lakers are not having too much trouble beating the league's doormats, as they finished their road trip with four wins and one loss, with the one loss coming to the only team that could be considered playoff worthy, the Utah Jazz. Kobe Bryant's ...

As 2010 draws near, speculation about potential destinations for LeBron James continues to permeate the news and cyberspace, and I would like to throw my hat into the arena for an entirely different take from the norm. While everyone else salivates about the prospects of James joining their teams, I shudder to think about any chances of LeBron donning the purple and gold of the Los Angeles Lakers. I'm sure that commissioner ...

The history of the Los Angeles Lakers is littered with some of the greatest basketball players ever to grace the court: players who not only dominated the game, but changed the way it was played. Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, James Worthy, Wilt Chamberlain, and Elgin Baylor are but a few of the evolutionary players who have contributed to the phenomenal legacy of the Lakers. Kobe Bryant has earned a place ...

If the NBA playoffs began today, in the Eastern Conference, you would have the No. 1 seed Boston Celtics taking on the eighth seed Charlotte Bobcats. In contrast in the West, you would see a pitting of the No. 1 seed Los Angeles Lakers against the eighth seeded San Antonio Spurs. Which of these series would you propose to be the most entertaining? Which one would you think to be the ...

The hopes of a Los Angeles Lakers' repeat bid may hinge on the play of one of their most talented, versatile, and multi-dimensional players and he doesn't wear the jersey that reads No. 24. Pau Gasol may be the key to the Lakers' chances in June, and due to his height and wide array of skills he may be the single most important player on the Lakers' roster. It's no secret how ...

Just when I felt it was safe to assume that Kobe Bryant had matured into the role of a facilitator, and a player comfortable playing within the confines of the game, he goes out and has a game like this. His 7-of-24 field-goal shooting, a circus of disarray, proved that although Kobe has seen incredible growth and maturity in his game, he is still capable of taking shots that leave viewers ...