The Los Angeles Lakers knocked the ever-loving snot out of the Boston Celtics Tuesday night 89-67. They evened the series at 3-3 and forced a Thursday night Game 7 in L.A. During the battle though, there were a few wounded soldiers. Celtics big man Kendrick Perkins went down in a heap with what looked to [...]
According to Mike Trudell on Twitter, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson thinks that Andrew Bynum will play in Game 4 vs. the Phoenix Suns. That’s music to Lakers’ fans’ ears. “Phil Jackson expects Andrew Bynum to start tomorrow: “I think he’s going to be fine,” Trudell tweets. Says you, Phil. Bynum is playing [...]
Here at OTR, we are huge fans of Chris Bosh. During the past seven seasons, Bosh has played for the Toronto Raptors, a team that’s kind of linked to the NBA, but not taking too seriously. Despite playing in the land of free health care, Bosh has been a member of the USA National team [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers know that winning basketball games is much easier to do when you have Kobe Bryant on your team. And apparently, they are open to the idea of winning more basketball games. How do we know this? Because the Lakeshow just signed Kobe to a three-year extension to keep him in L.A. [...]
Los Angeles Lakers injury-prone forward Andrew Bynum got some good news after his MRI on Saturday, which showed no rupture in his left Achilles’ tendon. Bynum injured his Achilles against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night after hearing a brief pop with 10:09 left in the third quarter. The injury will keep him from playing [...]
Andrew Bynum may be getting Wally Pipped. Even we gets healthy again, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson said that his assistants are already urging him to start Lamar Odom over him. “My coaches are kind of pushing me in that direction, but I’m not ready yet to do that,” Jackson said. “We won [...]
Kevin Ding tweets that it doesn’t look very likely that Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will play this evening against the Utah Jazz. “Kobe is curled up like a dog on the training table in locker room, hood on head and socks on feet. Surely not playing,” he tweets. That doesn’t mean that the [...]
Kobe Bryant (ankle) is questionable for Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs, according to people who know more than us about basketball and, specifically, the NBA. What would concern us if we were Los Angeles Lakers fans is that his absence on Saturday against the Portland Trailblazers ended a 235-game streak of games played. [...]
One night after scoring the game-winning bucket against the Boston Celtics, Kobe Bryant dropped 44 points on the Memphis Grizzlies Monday night to become the all-time scoring leader for the Los Angeles Lakers. PHOTO CAPTION: The Black Mamba is known for being very aggressive when threatened and will not hesitate to strike with deadly precision. [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Ron Artest injured his head Christmas night after tripping over a box and falling down some stairs in his home. He had injuries to his head and left elbow and didn’t make the trip with the team to Sacramento for Saturday’s game with the Kings. He’s receiving stitches in the back [...]
In attempt to distract attention away from Tiger Woods, five armed intruders forced their way into Kobe Bryant’s gated Pelican Ridge neighborhood Tuesday night. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday morning that Newport Beach police were notified of the robbery in the gated Pelican Ridge neighborhood around 10:15 p.m. when someone called 911 from the [...]
Former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson has ripped former Detroit Piston in his new book When the Game was Ours. The news comes as a shocker to most NBA fans who are absolutely surprised that Magic can write. But anyway, Magic talks about how he and others blackballed Thomas when it came to the 1992 [...]
Sources tell ESPN that Trevor Ariza has given the Houston Rockets a verbal commitment on a free-agent contract. The 6′ 8″ Ariza averaged 8.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists last year for the Lakers. He’ll probably step in and replace Yao Ming immediately if he is able to get injured enough.
