Tag Archives: los angeles lakers
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Kobe Bryant Posterized Gerald Wallace and Kris Humphries (Video)
The Lakers may be starting to pull things together a bit over the last 10 to 15 games, but overall this season has been pretty brutal. They got off to a horrible start, fired a coach, hired a guy many people thought was the wrong choice, and then they still struggled to play great ball. [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 5th) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It was on this day in 1989 that Kareem Abdul-Jabar scored the 38,000th point of his NBA career. With it, he became the first player in league history to reach that mark. Kareem reached the 38,000-point mark in the final year of his career, as he retired at the conclusion of the 1988-89 NBA season. The [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/27/2013 — Kobe Bryant
Despite the additions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash in the offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers have struggled mightily this season, putting together a 17-25 record through their first 42 games of the season. That abysmal record had many suggesting that perhaps the team would be better off if their high-scoring superstar, Kobe Bryant, ditched [...]
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Dwight Howard Aired Out a Free Throw in the Clutch (Video)
In case you don’t follow the NBA too closely, the Los Angeles Lakers have been having a very tough year. Despite two major offseason acquisitions that brought in two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash and perennial All-Star Dwight Howard, the team just cannot seem to put a winning streak together. In fact, right now, their record [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/17/2013 — LeBron James
On Wednesday night, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points. On Thursday night, he began making his ascent towards the 30,000-point plateau with a 39-point effort against the Lakers in Los Angeles. How to win back your ex With Jack Nicholson and plenty of other celebrities in attendance [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/15/2013 — Dwight Howard
The Los Angeles Lakers kicked off the new year by losing their first six games of 2013, but their fortunes could suddenly be changing. On Sunday, they snapped their streak of futility by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers. And last night it was their two superstars, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, that were leading the way [...]
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Steve Nash Uses Towel to Dry His Pits, then Metta World Peace Uses Same Towel to Dry His Face (Video)
You know, “going green” is great. Whenever I stay at a hotel, I totally use those little cards that you put on the bed that tell the housekeeping staff that you’ll gladly re-use your sheets and towels to save water and energy. And of course, I recycle and drive a fuel-efficient car. But you know, [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 7th) – Los Angeles Lakers
It was on this day in 1972 that the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 134-90 for their 33rd straight win. Their winning streak began over two months earlier with a win over the Baltimore Bullets. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers are considered one of the greatest teams in NBA history, led by Wilt [...]
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Dwight Howard Misses Open Dunk, Gets Posterized by Gerald Henderson (Video)
When Dwight Howard left Orlando for Los Angeles over the summer, it was supposed to mark the end of a frustrating chapter of his career with the Magic, and the beginning of a new, much more prosperous chapter with the Lakers. Two month into the 2012-13 NBA season, that certainly hasn't been the case. Sure, [...]
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Harlem Globetrotter Does Perfect Impersonation of Kobe Bryant (Video)
When you’re a superstar athlete, your every step is watched and analyzed. The more successful you are, the more everyone knows your every mannerism, tick, and facial expression. And this is especially true in the basketball world, where superstars have more control over the outcome of a game than in any other major team sport. [...]
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Jazz PG Randy Foye Has His Chest Bump Rejected By Coach Tyrone Corbin (Video)
The Los Angeles Lakers made some pretty big additions to their roster in the offseason—Steve Nash and Dwight Howard—that elevated expectations through the roof. So after starting the season 0-3, everybody was losing their minds as though 0-3 was some sort of black hole no team could climb out of. Then, of course, they “finally” [...]
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Watch Dwight Howard Do His Best Kobe Bryant Impression At A Lakers News Conference (Video)
We here at TotalProSports realize that the Olympics have kind of been monopolizing the sports world recently, and that you may not be on top of the big news like you normally would be. So in case you haven’t heard, there was a blockbuster trade in the NBA on Friday that will fundamentally alter the [...]
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Lakers Fans Welcome Steve Nash To LA By Handing Him A Beer On The Freeway (Video)
It was a tough year for fans of the Los Angeles Lakers. I mean, these are people who are used to winning championships, not being embarrassed by the league commissioner with that Chris Paul fiasco and having team chemistry go to sh*t while LA’s other basketball team suddenly becomes the toast of the town. So [...]
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This Day In Sports History (June 12th) — Los Angeles Lakers
It was on this day in 2002 that the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship. They would do so by defeating the New Jersey Nets 113-107 in Game Four of the NBA Finals. The Lakers entered the 2001-02 NBA season having won the last two NBA Championships. And with the likes of Kobe Bryant, [...]
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11 Most Dominant Championship Runs in NBA History
We’re almost halfway through the 2012 NBA Playoffs, and so far the San Antonio Spurs have yet to lose a game. In fact, going back to the end of the regular season, they’ve won 18 straight. That’s what I call hot. If the Spurs maintain their dominant play, they have a chance of joining some [...]
