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As the Lakers are struggling against the Spurs without Kobe Bryant, Nike delivers a glimpse of the past, present, and future in this powerful ad.

With the season on the line, Kobe Bryant rose to the occasion in the Rose Garden, soaring past the Portland Trail Blazers in a 113-107 victory. By dropping 47 points on 51.8% shooting, Kobe drove the Lakers to the finish line, keeping the team in the driver’s seat in the playoff race. As the Trail [...]

Wilt Chamberlain towered over opposing centers, casting a menacing shadow over the NBA landscape. After eclipsing Chamberlain as the league’s fourth leading scorer in history, Kobe Bryant shot his legacy into a higher celestial order, emerging as one of the few NBA superstars who shines brighter than the Big Dipper. The top nine scorers in NBA [...]

In a season in which Dwight Howard played more like Clark Kent than Superman, the Laker’s big man broke out the cape and pushed the Chicago Bulls around in a 90-81 victory. With 21 rebounds, D-Howard did more than anchor the defense—he cleaned up the boards like a man cleaning up the neighborhood. That’s right. [...]

As great as Kobe has been during his incredible career, and  as many clutch performances as he’s had, this game against the Toronto Raptors may be his best closing performance of all time.

The Lakers family and entire basketball community is saddened to hear of the passing of Lakers owner Jerry Buss today. RIP Dr. Buss. Great video tribute for Jerry here. Derek Fisher’s statement:

Today the world lost a visionary and one of the most successful sports figures of all time. But today I lost a friend and mentor. He [...]

In a game where LeBron James tried to be the closer, Kobe Bryant closed the door on the man who sits on a fictitious throne. When the game was on the line, the Black Mamba cast a shadow over LeBron’s desire to rise to the occasion. Yes, it was All-Star game. But, when was the [...]

This Lakers season has been as tumultuous as any one to date. The signing of Steve Nash and trade for Dwight Howard in the off season gave Lakers fans hope of moving from a playoff team back to the elite level we’re accustomed to. This new team was packed with four future hall-of-famers with complimentary skill [...]

The Lakers were in Brooklyn to take on the Jay-Z Nets and were shorthanded with Dwight’s injury and Ron Ron’s one game suspension. They also managed to lose Gasol in the 4th quarter to a foot injury which ignited the Black Mamba and the center-less Lakers to a hard fought win and this nasty dunk [...]

So the Lakers got a win in the icy tundra of Minnesota but I didn’t like it one bit. They’re reverting back to D’Antoni ball where they just jack up threes every time down the floor. What’s the excuse for Gasol skirting around the perimeter and shooting from outside? Dwight’s injured and didn’t play, it’s [...]

Here’s a mini video of all of Kobe’s 81 points from the infamous game against the Toronto Raptors seven years ago. Kobe watched the entire game for the first time and tweeted live while watching it on NBA tv. You can see all of Kobe’s tweets from the game here. Funny thing is 81 wasn’t enough [...]

Gasol returned to the floor against the Miami Heat after recovering from his concussion and Mike D’Antoni thought it was best to bring Pau off the bench to ease him into play and not disrupt the chemistry formed with the new found talent of Earl Clark. Pau had a mediocre return scoring 12 points, four [...]