The Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs have had many exciting playoff series’ over the last eight years, and this one seems as though it will live up to past expectations. Unlike most fans, I am very glad that we arent playing the Hornets because their speed and athleticism scared me a lot. Look no further than what Atlanta Hawks did with its speed and athleticim to the Boston...

Kobe Bryant won the NBA MVP award a short while ago. The presentation took place during the 2nd game of the second round at Staples Center as the Lakers prepared to face the Utah Jazz. During the press conference the day before, Kobe Bryant was asked many questions regarding his award. He consistently responded with the fact that his teammates were extremely important in him winning the award and ...

The San Antonio Spurs have defeated the New Orleans Hornets and have now advanced to the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs will be traveling to Los Angeles to face the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night in the first game of the series. The Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs have faced each other four times with the Lakers winning three of the battles in the last decade. The Lakers last...

The Los Angeles Lakers claimed their spot in the Western Conference Finals last week on friday night at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The series between the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers was a rather intense one and provided for plenty of excitement. Throughout the series there were many issues that came up for both sides, particularly that of the officiating at the two differ...

Greetings, LABallTalkers. I, the Sports Tsar has found it in his heart to extend his benevolence to this site, hereby posting all relevant Laker content from my empire onto this site. Without further ado, we take some shots at Los Angeles Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti: (Original article appears on SportsTsar.com) It’s reassuring knowing that our team’s athletic trainer specialize...

The night started off on a great note. Kobe Bryant was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player award yesterday, and tonight he received his award once again in front of the Los Angeles Lakers fans at Staples Center from NBA Commissioner David Stern. Kobe Bryant had a huge smile on his face and everything was clear without him even saying a word. “I’m at a loss for words, I don’t kno...

The first and only sweep in the first round of the 2008 playoffs proudly belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers. It is the 28th of April and the Lakers have just recorded their 7th straight victory over the Denver Nuggets in the 2007-2008 season. Coming into this series, I predicted that the Lakers would win in 5, only because I didn’t want to seem like an overly confident Lakers fan and because ...

Once again, I’m happy to report that the Los Angeles Lakers lead the Denver Nuggets at halftime. As they lead the series 2-0, they are on their way to a 3-0 series lead (hopefully). Lets go over some key stats in the first half: The team has 16 assists on 23 made baskets, what more can we ask for? Seriously, continue passing the ball well in the triangle offense and the points will show up o...

The Los Angeles Lakers will once again face the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center tonight for game 2 of round 1 of the NBA Playoffs. The first game was quite interesting in the first half with plenty of lead changes and lots of back and forth action. The Lakers came out much stronger in the 2nd half behind Pau Gasol and a Kobe Bryant that finally started to drop his shot. The Lakers cruised the rem...