Los Angeles Lakers Win The NBA Championship
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Championship, Editorial, Kudos, NBA, Playoffs
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic four games to one in the NBA Finals, earning the team’s 15th NBA title. Put in a historical perspective, they are now 15-15 in NBA Finals match-ups and are second only to the Boston Celtics and their 17 NBA titles for most championships by a franchise. Phil Jackson also moved ahead of Red Auerbach for the most titles by a head coach, winning his 10th NBA title, the fourth with the Lakers. His other six came with the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls. Perhaps, most importantly, Kobe Bryant won a title with Shaquille O’Neal… okay, it’s only important to all those that hated on Kobe and said he couldn’t win a title without Shaq (this group includes Shaq himself), well, in your face!
Bryant was a symbol of will and determination and getting the job done. In fact, such ferocity and competitiveness hadn’t been seen since Jordan took the court. And now, the monkey is off his back and if the Lakers can somehow sign both Trevor Ariza and Lamar Odom, the Lakers could win a few more championships. Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum are locked in and provide great interior presences, Derek Fisher looks as if he can still play for a few years and it looks like Jordan Farmar will be ready to take up the PG mantle. Contractually, Jackson only has one more season left, but if the core group of players can stay intact, don’t be surprised if he signs another extension. This season, Jackson seemed less stressed because of team chemsitry and the lack of two alpha males (Kobe and Shaq) going at it.
Congratulations to the Lakers and their fans. And to all the Kobe haters, bite it!
Digg ThisAdvertisement
Red Wings Take Series, Beat Stars
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NHL, Playoffs, Scoreboard
On Monday night the Dallas Stars took a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings who, with the victory, advance to the Stanley Cup finals. The Red Wings never let up from the word go, scoring three goals in the first period and one goal in the 2nd.
“We were relentless,” Kris Draper of the Detroit Red Wings said. “It was just a solid first period and obviously the difference in the hockey game. … We’re back in the Stanley Cup and it sounds great for us.”
Click to continue reading Red Wings Take Series, Beat Stars
Spurs Eliminate Hornets From Semi-Finals
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Playoffs, Scoreboard
The San Antonio Spurs defeated the New Orleans Hornets on Monday by a score of 91-82. With the victory, the Spurs will advance to the Conference Finals round of the NBA playoffs, while the Hornets will go home swallowing the bitter pill of defeat.
Click to continue reading Spurs Eliminate Hornets From Semi-Finals
Celtics Defeat Cavaliers, Move On To Conference Finals
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Playoffs, Scoreboard
On Sunday the Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to the Conference Finals round of the playoffs. Paul Pierce was the star in this one; he scored 41 points, with four rebounds and five assists.
“It is a great feeling,” Pierce said after the game. “We knew this was going to be a tough, tough series.”
Click to continue reading Celtics Defeat Cavaliers, Move On To Conference Finals
Red Sox Are One Game Away From Being World Series Champions
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, MLB, Playoffs, Scoreboard
After having one of the most dominant postseasons in Major League history up until the World Series, the Colorado Rockies find themselves in a new position: Down 3 games, struggling to survive. Last night the Boston Red Sox put another beating on the Rockies, winning 10-5. Dice K Matsuzaka not only went 5.1 innings strong, but contributed with a clutch 2 run single in the 3rd inning, to blow the lead wide open and knock out befuddled Colorado journeyman starter Josh Fogg. Jacoby Ellsbury continued his bid to keep Coco Crisp on the bench, with 4 hits and 2 RBI’s. The Rockies last hope will rest on Aaron Cook’s shoulders, who will do battle with Jon Lester tonight in the possibly final game of the World Series.
Click to continue reading Red Sox Are One Game Away From Being World Series Champions
Diamondbacks Head To Colorado Down Two Games
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, MLB, Playoffs
The way the Diamondbacks are playing, its no surprise that their fans can’t sell out Chase Field. Scoring just two runs tonight, the Colorado Rockies took a 2 game advantage against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a final score of 3-2. The Rockies have yet to lose a game in the postseason.
Click to continue reading Diamondbacks Head To Colorado Down Two Games
The 2007 Colorado Rockies will continue their hot streak later on in October. With the help of ten pitchers, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres in a one game tiebreaker. Home Runs for Colorado came from Todd Helton and Yorvit Torrealba. Josh Fogg got the start, but didn’t fare too well. He lasted only 4 innings but gave up 8 hits and 5 earned runs. However the bullpen was up for the task, including a great performance from Matt Herges. Herges, who once saved 23 games for the 2004 San Francisco Giants, threw 3 scoreless innings in relief. The Rockies started their scoring in the very first inning, with 2 runs from a sacrifice fly off the bat of Todd Helton and a single from Garret Atkins. Trevor Hoffman wound up blowing a 2 run lead in the 13th inning.
“It’s been an incredible run from game 1 to game 163,” Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. “This is just a snapshot of what we’ve been through.”
Click to continue reading Rockies Advance To Playoffs
NBA Live 07 Videogame Predicts Finals Outcome
Posted by Chris Pereira Categories: Championship, NBA, Playoffs, Video Games
The NBA Finals begin Thursday night, but Electronic Arts already has the outcome of the series, thanks to a simulation using NBA Live 07. The Spurs will take in the series and the championship in six games, with Tim Duncan being named MVP. It’s certainly a possibility, and actually one that matches my personal prediction. But then again, NBA Live 07 is a horrible basketball game, so I wouldn’t put much stock into what it says.
Only one game where LeBron scores more than 30? Bruce Bowen or not, I can’t see that happening – Tayshaun Prince may not be as good a defender as Bowen, but LeBron didn’t have much trouble lighting him up. It’ll be fun to see how the final scores stack up against the results from each of the simulated games, though.
The “highlights” from each game can be seen over at Playfeed.
Read More 
| Playfeed
Kobe Bryant Asks for Trade, Takes Back Words
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Playoffs, Rumors
Los Angeles Lakers star player Kobe Bryant has requested a trade from the team. Then he back-peddled from the request.
“I would like to be traded, yeah. Tough as it is to come to that conclusion, there’s no other alternative. It’s rough, man, but I don’t see how you can rebuild that trust. I just don’t know how you can move forward in that type of situation.”
He said this on an interview with ESPN radio. However, just three hours later in an interview with Lakers flagship station KLAC radio he made completely contradictory comments.
Click to continue reading Kobe Bryant Asks for Trade, Takes Back Words
Read More | Yahoo! Sports
On Friday the Houston Rockets fired their head coach Jeff Van Gundy following another year of a first round NBA playoff elimination. Gundy had one nonguarenteed year left on his contract meaning that the Rockets had the option to keep him for the 08 season. This year the Rockets went 52-30, but it was heavily rumored that Van Gundy would be fired after their loss to the Utah Jazz in round 1 of the NBA playoffs. Van Gundy said he was hopeful to retain his job.
“I was hopeful all the way up to last night they would change their mind.”
Click to continue reading Rockets Coach Jeff Van Gundy Fired
Read More | Yahoo! Sports
Recent Galleries
Recent Users
Statistics
- Total Posts: 882
- Total Comments: 385
- Total Trackbacks: 20
- Total Members: 15617
- Members Online: 0
- Guests Online: 25
- Anonymous Members: 0
- Most Visitors Ever: 5394
- Current Members Online:
Advertisement
© Gear Live Media, LLC. 2007 – User-posted content, unless source is quoted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License. Gear Live graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, videos, articles, blogs, forums, scripts and other service names are the trademarks of Gear Live Inc.