Celtics fall short of 18th title
A season that taught many people a lesson about self-belief, as well as trusting in the spirit instead of the record, fell o...
Lakers come to their own defense
It started nine months ago on a quiet day in El Segundo, aspirations of a 16th NBA championship a distant possibility, but...
Hollywood flop
The Celtics were thinking about Game 7 in the second quarter of Game 6. Last night’s beating was that severe.
When Lamar Odom picked off ...
Lakers make it one for all
The Larry O'Brien trophy was in the building, as was Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, along with boxes and boxes of T-shirt...
Lakers need a home run after Game 5 loss to Celtics
Paul Pierce raised his right index finger and yelled out "One more, baby!" as he walked off the court...
Paul Pierce Comes Up Big When Celtics Need Him Most
On a night when the two most decorated franchises in basketball history squared off with control of the N...
Lakers come up short against Celtics in Game 4
Somewhere on the way to a commanding lead in the NBA Finals, the Lakers entered a time-space continuum of ...
Reserves help Celtics pull even
To reiterate: Doc Rivers said Nate Robinson would win a game for the Celtics someday, or maybe it was two or three.
We...
Kobe Bryant, Derek
Fisher Lead Lakers to 91-84 Victory Over Celtics in Game 3
Derek Fisher rallied his teammates with a motivational speech on the bench ...
Fish & Kobe: co-workers and co-winners
When you live as far from each other as they do – Derek Fisher up in Calabasas and Kobe Bryant an hour and a h...
It's eerily familiar for Lakers
Their 103-94 loss to the Celtics brings back memories of 1984, when they followed up a Game 1 win with a blown opportunit...
Allen puts on historic shooting display
The script seemed tailor-made for a stocky guy styling courtside in the designer shades. Yo, that guy, “Rocky’’ Stall...
Rough start
If the Lakers sent any message, it was that this wasn’t 2008. This wasn’t going to be the type of series in which they were bullied off the f...
Lakers set ring tone in opener, 102-89
If there's such thing as delayed payback, the type that sits for two years and accrues interest in the angriest of...
