Lakers – The Epic End

LAvBOS Part XII – Bloody Sunday

This picture pretty much sums up the game to a great degree, if you don’t understand, we weren’t watching the same game. No comments on today’s officiating, too bad the NBA has such a stronghold that nothing will be said. Lakers in 6, which I’ve been saying, but I don’t care to see a loss anyway. That is all.

Game 1: 102-89 LA

That guy right there is 47-0 in a series when winning Game 1, enough said. Kobe going for 5, Phil going for 11. Tweet me on Laker/Kobe haters.

The Champ is Here

Nike & EA didn’t turn on him, I won’t either… We got your back over at Honour Role.

(The audio is of Tiger’s father who passed away in ‘06)

Shannon Brown: Anything but a Slam Dunk

For all the talk about Shannon Brown’s hops, springiness making him a YouTube fixture, asking others about him inevitably leads to mention of his hands.

“He’s got big hands. Extremely big hands,” marvels former Charlotte Bobcats teammate Raymond Felton, who played against Brown in the 2005 Final Four.

“He’s blessed with great hands,” praises Bobcats assistant coach Jim Capel, who grew close with Brown during the guard’s half-season with Charlotte.

“I wish I had those hands,” says Nuggets guard J.R. Smith, former dunk contestant (and sick athlete in his own right) who’s known Brown since their AAU days. “If you get a set of mitts like that, it’s hard to stop.”

“They’re pretty big,” admits Brown with a chuckle as he sits on a medicine ball after Lakers practice in El Segundo.

In a nutshell, dude’s hands are ginormous.

Combined with elevation capable of making a trampoline jealous, they’re a Godsend for dunking a basketball, a skill Brown will be showing off at the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend. But during Brown’s time as a professional, those same hands weren’t just used to smother a Spalding. They were gripping onto an NBA life, and just barely at times.

The Staples Center buzz Brown creates by merely checking into a game makes it hard to remember how before arriving in L.A., his career was an exercise in uncertainty. Three teams in three seasons. D-League stops. The 2008 summer spent sweating a contract offer, wondering if his NBA dream was ending in a blink. But through a combination of perseverance, ridiculous athleticism and unexpectedly landing in the right place at what didn’t initially appear the right time, Brown is finally carving out the NBA existence he always believed possible with a real chance.

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All Star Weekend

Kobe ain’t playing = (

Winter Olympics

From now til Feb 28 check out some of the competitions of the Winter Olympics, an underrated sporting event. Go Apolo!

25,193 & 534

29 points, that’s what Kobe took in that Monday night they lost to Memphis which gave him a point over Jerry West to become the Lakers all time leading scorer with 25,193 points (beating Jerry West’s 25,192 pts). If the Lakers won that night it would’ve been history TWO TIMES as that would’ve been Phil Jackson’s 534th win as head coach of the Lakers, making him the Lakers all time most winningest coach. Of course that didn’t happen, the Lakers let the fans at home experience that historic moment last night on Wednesday beating the Bobcats 99-97. As of recently, Bobcats are the only other team besides the Celtics to have a winning record against the Lakers with 6-5).

Lakers 37-11

Lakers vs Celtics (90-89)

Reason 32523524 why I’d pick Kobe over LeBron in anything! #likethatbronbron?

Previous game: Lakers vs 76ers (99-91)

Lakers vs Pacers (118-96)

Oh, two in a row! If anyone would like to get me the new Kobe’s, it’d be much appreciated.

Lakers (35-11)