The first round of the playoffs is flying by faster than we all expected and two of last years top teams are now gone. After the Los Angels Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets and started their short vacation as they await the 2nd round, the other teams continued to battle. Two more teams are now prepared to move on and the Lakers opponents continue to battle. The Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets are goi...

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...

The NBA Playoffs are underway and the Los Angeles Lakers are ready to go. To win the legendary NBA Title, a team needs 16 wins in the playoffs… how hard can that possibly be? Obviously, a lot harder than we thought! The Lakers finished the regular season with the #1 seed in the Western Conference and were assigned the task of taking on the eighth seeded Denver Nuggets in the first round. Wit...

Wow this has been an incredible game so far. The Los Angeles Lakers opened the game with a strong first quarter taking a 10 point lead and then the Denver Nuggets made a quick run to close the quarter and close the lead to four. With the 2nd quarter starting, the Nuggets were still pushing the momentum they built at the end of the 1st and turned the game around giving the Nuggets an 8 point lead. ...

It was another exciting evening in the NBA last night. Just about all the powerhouses in the west were in action, and in good games at that. The Western Conference didn’t see any big moves, but there was a big game for the Dallas Mavericks that could finally take them over the top. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Phoenix Suns, in Phoenix, to finally win a game against real competition. As...

In last night’s beating of the Seattle Supersonics, the Los Angeles Lakers played a game that not only resulted in a win, but also showed lots of potential for whats to come. The box score was absolutely amazing! Kobe Bryant led the Lakers in scoring but seven of his teammates also reached double digits. Surely enough, with Kobe only putting up 23 points and the team scoring a massive 130, t...

As I sat and watched the many interviews offered by the Lakers website, I realized that the playoffs were closer than I thought. Question after question the reports asked Phil Jackon, Pau Gasol, and Kobe Bryant whether it was time to start preparing for the playoffs. All three responded the same way, “there are still plenty of games left until we get to the playoffs.” Of course when yo...