With the Lakers’ flotilla crawling down Figueroa for two miles amidst a throng estimated at 550,000 collectively cheering, screaming and jumping up and down trying to hold their urine in, it is time to set this 2009-10 NBA season to bed. And with how awful some of these playoff games were, let’s just put the season in a six-foot hole and smother it with dirt. more ›

Last night, new Laker Ron Artest had both the game of his life and the post-game press conference of his life. Watch and be entertained. more ›

For the second consecutive year, the Lakers are NBA Champs. And even better they beat the Celtics in a Game 7. 131-92 is officially forgotten. Kobe Bryant can be regarded as one of the best Lakers player ever. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a press conference yesterday in which he pressed the public to stay away from the Staples Center tomorrow if they didn't have a ticket to the Lakers-Celtics NBA championship game 7. But Villaraigosa will be there, though the source of his ticket, and what it his being there means in regards to his official capacity remains unclear, notes LA Observed. more ›

Lakers defeated Celtics 89-67. 2:08 So we're going to have a Game 7. I think I have a tear in my eye. Rafael Furcal hit a shoe-top single for his fourth hit of the game in the sixth inning. Power hitter Micah Owings now pitching. 3:21 Kobe now out of the game to a standing ovation. Now we have the procession of exiting starters. 3:48 Mark Jackson said the most sensible thing. Take the starters out Phil Jackson! more ›

As Kenny Loggins so eloquently sang behind the top-notch production of Giorgio Morodor, we are now on a highway to the danger zone. With last night’s 92-86 win by the Boston Celtics, the Lakers are now in an unfamiliar position in the postseason. They now find themselves trailing in a series 3-2, however with the home-court advantage they play the final two games at Staples Center. more ›

We have ourselves a series. The Celtics put together an 11-2 run to start the fourth quarter en route to their 96-89 victory to tie the NBA Finals 2-2. It wasn’t Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen or even Rajon Rondo that fuelled the comeback from a two point deficit at the beginning of the period. Instead it was Glen “Big Baby” Davis with nine of his 18 points coming in the fourth quarter. Not only did he hog up space and swallowed up rebounds, he showed that he indeed did have skill to back up his braggadocio. more ›

When it comes to Laker pride, L.A. hopes we don't have to eat our words. But we can eat our Laker pride...in the form of cupcakes, that is. Crumbs is offering special Lakers cupcakes in their local Bake Shops from now until the end of the NBA finals. Get your dose of Purple and Gold while indulging your sweet tooth. Each signature-size cupcake is $4. Crumbs' cupcakes are pretty big, so a Lakers cupcake is definitely something you could share. But that NBA champ title? Heck no will we share that with Boston! Crumbs has locations in Beverly Hills, Glendale, Malibu, and on Larchmont. more ›

Derek Fisher is too old and too slow. That may be, but he was the reason the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 91-84 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Boston for the 2-1 series lead. more ›

As great a high as the Lakers’ Game 1 victory was, tonight’s 103-94 loss at home against the Boston Celtics was just as low. more ›

Here are some very pertinent stats in Game 1 of the NBA Finals:

• Second Chance Points: 16-0
• Points in the Paint: 48-30
• Rebounds: 42-31

I really hate to do this. I’m a Laker fan. I was supportive of the team and was whooping it up when they beat the Orlando Magic in the NBA Finals last season. I advocated for the Lakers to have their victory parade despite all the naysayers in the city. more ›

From the lows of that 131-92 game at Staples Center against the Boston Celtics a year ago, the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 99-86. This is the franchise's 15th championship and head coach Phil Jackson's 10th to surpass Red Auerbach. Kobe Bryant won the NBA Finals MVP for the first time. Comment away. more ›

Here is the liveblog of Game 5 of the NBA. I assure you the Lakers will bring home the championship tonight. more ›

The Orlando Magic are done. We all witnessed it Thursday night and saw them make many boneheaded plays in the last 30 seconds of regulation in Game 4 to cost them the game. Let’s break it down. more ›

It took some scratching and clawing, but the Lakers defeated the Magic in overtime 99-91. The Lakers were off kilter to start off the game allowing Magic center Dwight Howard to grab 11 first quarter rebounds. Also all the Lakers bigs were in foul trouble at one point forcing the Lakers to play DJ Mbenga and Josh Powell. Thanks to Magic turnovers the Lakers were down by only four points despite not being able to shoot and. It would get worse for the Lakers in the second quarter where they couldn't defend worth squat and would trail at halftime by twelve. more ›

After Game 1, I said that the Magic's outside shooters would not miss all of those shots again. Well the Lakers survived the Magic's improved shooting in Game 2 101-96 in overtime. After being non-factors in Game 1 Rashard Lewis and Hedu Turkoglu showed up in Game 2 knocking down 34 points and 17 points respectively. Lewis knocked down six three-pointers in the Magic's effort to steal one game on LA's home court. The effort would come up short. more ›

LA Lakers defeat Orlando Magic 100-75. This certainly was not what I had in mind coming into this NBA Finals. The Lakers were led by Kobe Bryant scoring 40 points and getting eight rebounds and eight assists. This was the first time Kobe has scored 40 or more in the NBA Finals in his career. The game started out with both teams feeling each other out in the first quarter. The Magic took a five point lead at the end of the quarter. But in the second quarter despite surprisingly good play by Jameer Nelson, the Lakers started to pull away taking a 10 point lead into the half. more ›

There's a reason it's taken me this long to talk about the NBA Finals. I have no idea how this will play out. When I made the proclamation last week that the Magic would win in five games if they faced the Lakers in the Finals, the Lakers didn't look to hot. They were in the middle of feeling out the Denver Nuggets tying the series two games a piece. But the Lakers brought down the hammer capped with a 27-point victory in the decisive Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, and everything changed right there. more ›

Every Summer the number of outdoor concerts increase significantly. Why not? It's beautiful outside. In Marina Del Rey, they hold classical and popular concerts every Thursday and Saturday. This Thursday we have the opening ceremonies including two pre-concert events Trooping the Colors and a Water Show on the main channel. The highlight of this concert is USC professor Marek Szpakiewicz performing the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor. According to our all-powerful all-knowing editor, "you'll be hooked within seconds." more ›

This has been a very difficult post to write. The completely embarrassing game six that ended the Laker’s season was just very hard to stomach and left a lot of questions. more ›

It's over, and I don't think I've felt sicker than I do now. 131-92. And to the fucking Celtics. more ›

One of the first things to remember about the Lakers is to expect the unexpected. more ›

In a game that was almost a carbon copy of game four, the Lakers escaped with a 103-98 victory. The Lakers started the game in sync again ending the first quarter with a 17-point lead. The Celtics came storming back in the second quarter with a 15-0 run going into the locker room at the half with a three-point deficit. more ›

As much as the Celtics ripped the Lakers the other day, deep down inside I still have some hope for the Lakers to pull it out. more ›

Gutless. Pathetic. Pitiful. Sorry. And that’s being generous to the Lakers. more ›

Ask any science teacher: the longest measurable unit of time is no longer the baseball season -- it's the final two minutes of a close basketball game. more ›

It’s been a long time since a winning team of an NBA Final’s game looked like a team destined to lose the series. more ›

People around the city are bemoaning about the horrible job the referees are doing in the NBA Finals. One of the more outrageous conspiracy theories involves the refs deliberately calling the game against the Lakers so that the series would go a full seven games. more ›

It’s here. After waiting for a week the NBA Finals start tonight in Boston and with it a heralded rivalry is renewed. more ›