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It’s been a pretty good Western Conference semifinals thus far, though — and I know Utah fans will disagree — it seems like the Lakers are really losing games more than the Jazz are winning them. Give Utah credit, they’ve tied things up, but I have yet to feel like the Jazz can actually win […]

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Kobe, you’re so vain, I bet you think this song is about you.
Well it is.
If you don’t count the cartoonish Vic the Brick, as those of you who read columns on this website know quite well, there are few greater admirers of Number 24 than yours truly. But here it is, Mr. MVP, straight […]

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First of all: Circumstances scuttled my scheduled recap after Game 2 of the Utah/LA series and for this I apologize greatly, especially because I promised the world a challenge between points by Kobe Bryant vs. ads for shows produced by Ted Turner. The problem? It’s finals week here in scenic Watts (that’s where USC is, […]

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The 18,977 fans who packed Staples Center Wednesday night witnessed a coronation.  The Master of Ceremonies, Mr. David J. Stern.
It was a declaration of a new king in the NBA.
 
This season, the building has experienced so many different feels, from the boos Kobe heard to start the year to the excitement around Andrew Bynum to the […]

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Like other Los Angeles-based media organizations, we here at SportsHubLA congratulate the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant on winning his first NBA Most Valuable Player award.
As you might imagine, Kobe has been the subject of many a column here on the Hub over the past season, and number of those columns generated some serious debate.
So on the […]

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That’s right, it’s the long-awaited matchup of the teams with the two most inappropriate names in all of sport! I was too depressed by the Hawks-Celtics game to keep actual notes on this one, but here are my recap points in no particular order:
I submit Kobe Bryant (obviously) and Deron Williams as the two players […]

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Did you miss Wednesday night’s 122-107 Lakers win in Game 2 of their first round series against the Nuggets? No worries. Somebody stayed up late and put together all the highlights you need to see- namely, all the stuff Kobe did. The Nuggets threw the kitchen sink at Bryant, from single coverage with Linus […]

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Sunday afternoon, the Lakers cruised to a 128-114 win over the Nuggets at Staples to take a 1-0 lead in their first round, best of seven series.  Tonight, they’ll try to make it two for two (7:30, TNT).  Here are five things to watch for:

Linus Kleiza: The Lakers torched little Anthony Carter in the post […]

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Well, when I published “Mamba Valuable Player, Part 1,” you may have been led to believe that more parts were to follow. Well, here are those more parts. There are three serious candidates. Each of them merits a separate superlative.
Without further ado:
Who Has Been the NBA’s Best Player This Season?
Answer: LeBron James. (Kobe fans: […]

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It’s almost as hot as the race between Hillary and Obama. And the more you watch the two Dems campaign, it’s damn well more interesting and less repetitive.
I’m talking about the debate over who should be the NBA’s Most Valuable Player this season. It’s a debate that is not democratic, but partisan all the way. […]

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