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Archive for March, 2008
The injuries keep happening and happening. D-Fish, like Kobe, will play through it. Heart above health.
L.A. Times: Lakers guard Derek Fisher has sustained a partial tear of a tendon in his right foot, an injury that typically requires six to eight weeks of rest, but he will try to play through it.
Fisher was injured while trying to push off the foot in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game against Charlotte.
“If this happened during the middle of the season or something like that, he would probably rest for six to eight weeks in order to heal,” Lakers spokesman John Black said. “It’s a pain and inflammation thing. If he can play, he’ll be on anti-inflammatory and pain medication and try to play through it.”
Today, if the Spurs and the Hornets lose, and the Lakers win, then the Lakers stand a chance to do what it should have done against the Bobcats… be the first in the West to win 50 games.
I see the Hornets losing the the Celtics, but not so much the Spurs to the Timberwolves.
This is great news. Hopefully he’ll be ready to go. In the practice video over on Lakers.com from this morning, he looked great doing his light drills! We need Pau back (also, how many of you like me are growing the beards awaiting for his return):
L.A. Times: Center Pau Gasol might return Sunday against Washington after a pain-free day with his sprained left ankle the Los Angeles Times reported.
He did some one-on-one drills Thursday with Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis at the team’s training facility. Some post moves still bothered him when he made quick turns, but he felt “pretty good,” he said. “I’ll just wait until probably Saturday to go through a full practice, see how it feels.”
Well how nice of him to admit this. This REALLY irritates me. Why? Find me another example of this when the Lakers were at the losing end of a call… or what about Kobe’s suspensions for “unnatural basketball acts?” It really seems were under a microscope:
IbaBuzzWarriors: So, I was informed by the league office that the NBA DOES NOT voluntarily release its opinion or analysis about controversial judgment calls. The offensive foul ref Bob Delaney called on Monta Ellis is considered a judgment call. The NBA only volunteers its analysis for specific rules violations or in serious circumstances.
The league does, however, share its findings on controversial calls when a member of the media asks. So I asked. And Stu Jackson answered. “We did review,” he said Tuesday. “The call was incorrect.” “After looking at the play, the foul was on (Derek) Fisher and not (Monta) Ellis. It appeared that Fisher pulled Ellis down.” There you have it.
O’Neal says “Kobster” is the MVP…
Boston.com: When asked for his thoughts on the MVP race, Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O’Neal didn’t hesitate.
“The Kobester,” he said, referencing his old teammate and occasional foil, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. “He’s an assassin, with LeBron [James] coming in right behind. After that, I really haven’t been paying attention.”
So some brave soul raised the possibility that the guy across the hall in TD Banknorth Garden — Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett — might be in the discussion as well. O’Neal shook his head. No way.
“I’m going to have to go with my guy before him,” he said, motioning to teammate Amare Stoudemire’s locker. “All day, every day. Garnett doesn’t play defense”.
Bold statement by Charles… yet I tend to agree? Your take?
FanNation: TNT’s Charles Barkley says that no other team in the NBA has a third-best player better than the Lakers’ versatile Lamar Odom. Fans of the Celtics and Spurs probably would disagree, Odom’s stellar productivity in Pau Gasol’s absence notwithstanding. Ray Allen, the Celtics’ third-leading scorer, is an eight-time All-Star. Manu Ginobili, not even a starter, is the Spurs’ leading scorer.
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Kobe pours in 53, but hurt Lakers still fall to Grizz
The Lakers lost their second in a row to another of the NBA’s lesser teams, having been beaten by Charlotte on Wednesday night. The latest loss kept them from joining New Orleans and San Antonio in a three-way tie for the Western Conference lead.
Bryant scored 50 or more points for the 23rd time and the second this month. He had 52 against Dallas on March 2. The Lakers fell to 16-7 when he goes for that many.
He was limited to six points in the fourth quarter, when the Lakers nearly erased all of a 10-point deficit. He had 10 rebounds and one assist while taking 37 of the Lakers’ 94 shots. They attempted a franchise record 45 3-pointers, making 15.
Darko Milicic had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Hakim Warrick 16 points, Kyle Lowry 11 and Mike Miller 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who are 6-30 on the road and 2-20 away from home against Western Conference teams.
The Grizzlies led by 10 early in the fourth, their largest lead of the game.
Sasha Vujacic hit a 3-pointer to cut the Lakers’ deficit to 109-106 with 3:03 remaining. Miller missed a 3-pointer, but the Lakers couldn’t convert on their end despite four attempts on the same possession, including one by Bryant.
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