The key to this series rests on who is going to be tougher, who is going to get down and dirty, and who’s willing to do whatever it takes to win. Kobe and Pau Gasol have gained a leg up on the big 3 and Rajon Rondo. But this series is far from over. ...

That’s right, you read it correctly: Tonight Is Pau-er Hour. Hopefully you have all had the pleasure of drinking during a Lakers game (we, here at LA Ball Talk, do not condone drinking and driving; or drinking too much) but the question remains, have you ever drank the right way? What is the right way you ask? It’s simple. You drink with a purpose. You drink as though you are in the ga...

The Lakers defense keeps getting worse from game to game. In the first two games of the series, they gave up a lot of points too, and now that the zone has limited the Lakers slightly, they’re in for a real fight. ...

Kobe’s monster game couldn’t overcome Stoudemire’s moves and Robin Lopez toughness. The Suns have started to crawl back into this series, and we’ll show you what can get them another step closer to making this a real competitive series. ...

The Lakers look like the team they were when they were steam rolling the rest of the league earlier this year. They don’t need to run much of their offense, since they can get the ball to the post so easily. Robin Lopez is a game changer, and needs to play much more. He had a +2 point differential – which is next to impossible for a starter on a team that lost by 21 points. ...

As a Lakers fan I haven’t been too inclined to follow the career of Stephon Marbury in the past. I’ve spent the last week following along with Marbury’s twitter account and even watched a few hours of his live webcam show the other day. What came next caught me entirely by surprise. A few friends invited me to go play some volleyball the other night at the Taft High School gym. I...

In the blogging community it is quite important to keep in touch with your colleagues, especially the guys that cover the same team/sport as you. Since I started LABallTalk almost two years ago, Kurt of Forum Blue and Gold has been considered the Godfather of Lakers blogs. He started his site way back when blogs were as cool as sharing every moment of your life with a bunch of people that don̵...

For those of you that have been locked up in a closet for over a month and are unaware of whats going on in the world, specifically Los Angeles, the Lakers have won the 2008-2009 NBA Championship. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals to capture their fourth Championship of the decade and making LA the king of the basketball world once again. Now, relive the enti...

There is always good news and bad news. Let’s just get straight to the point. Tonight’s game against the Houston Rockets will potentially see another Lakers player missing in Sasha Vujacic. The Machine missed the team plane to Houston due to back spasms, but the team hopes he will catch a private flight in order to make it for the game. There is no guarantee of him missing this contest...