Lakers 1 Win Away From Western Conference Finals.

GAME 2

The Lakers bounced back from a stunning loss carried by Kobe and his 40 points. A game full of drama, 5 technicals, 3 people leaving the game, and D Fish suspended one game for leveling Scola. Kobe and Artest get into a scuffle after Artest accused Kobe of throwing an elbow into his throat. Lakers win 111-98.

GAME 3

Lamar Odom was called upon to start, and shined in his calling. 16 points with 13 rebounds. Along with him was Jordan Farmar adding 12 points and 7 assists in his first start of the season due to the suspension of Fisher. Kobe added his 33 points and 6 rebounds to put away the rockets and take a 2-1 lead. Ron Artest was, in my opinion, wrongfully accused of a flagrant 2 and was AGAIN thrown out of the game. It didn't change the game at all, Lakers win 108-94.

GAME 4

A Mother's Day Massacre. The Rockets came out the gates running, and run they did. With Yao Ming out for the rest of the post season for a hairline fracture in the foot, the Rockets whole gameplan changed. And it hurt the Lakers. Pau had 30 points and 9 rebounds, but Kobe had a horrible 15 points on 7 of 17 shooting. And let's face it, no Laker played defense. The final score doesn't indicate how blown out we were getting. Rockets steal one at home without Yao 99-87.


GAME 5

The Lakers looked like the Lakers tonight. They played their game and at their tempo and the Houston Rockets just could not catch up. Kobe only needed 3 quarters to put up 26 points. Obviously major adjustments were made. Aaron Brooks was held to only 14 points after scoring a career high 34 in the previous matchup. Ron Artest shot a horrible 4-15, and the Lakers played defense, hustled, and just flat out played hard. That's all we need to win games, we have all the talent, just PLAY HARD! Lakers get the W smothering the Rockets by 40 points which ties the worst playoff loss in franchise history. Houston, you have a problem. 118-78

Don't Panic.

On a day that Lebron James wins MVP, the Orlando Magic defeat the Boston Celtics in game 1 (barely), the swine flu zips through L.A. county - the Los Angeles Lakers fall short against the Houston Rockets 92-100.

It was a horrible game from the start. I know Kobe's sick, but his field goal percentage wasn't, neither were his shot selections, wow. Way to show Lebron, Mamba. The Lakers were 2-18 from beyond the arch, shot an ugly 44% from the field, and it didn't help much that Ron Artest and that kid Aaron Brooks were just having there way with us. There is no way that Brooks should be getting lay-ups like that, there's no excuse. I respect Yao Ming's game, and I honestly believe that he is the best Center in the NBA right now (Dwight Howard can't shoot the ball and has only one post move), but he has been stopped on several occasions. Especially by the Lakers.

Look for Kobe to suck it up and come out big on Wednesday for game two. The Lakers will look a little crisper and have their stroke going because the shots taken in game one were just DISGUSTING. Hopefully the refs are actually paying attention to this game. A guys half of his face is bleeding and you didn't call a foul. Now you want to give them all the calls in the world? Come on fellas. And Lakers, play some defense! Lakers should win big at home and knot this one at 1-1.

LD2K's "Failure 2 Launch" Video.

Again, not too big of a fan of LD2K's "trailer" style video. But hey he does make some pretty sick vids.

Kobe misses Sunday's practice.

Kobe listed as day-to-day for a sore throat. Nothing too serious so I'm pretty sure he won't miss Game One against the Rockets. C'mon now, it's Kobe, he has to play.

LakersBasketBlog: Kobe Bryant missed Sunday afternoon’s practice with a sore throat, according to Lakers spokesman John Black. Bryant, who averaged 28.3 points on 53 percent shooting against second-round opponent Houston in the regular season, is listed as day-to-day.
Black said that Bryant will be re-evaluated on Monday, and that last season’s MVP will attend shootaround should he feel better in the morning.

Lakers/Rockets Playoff schedule released.

Inside the Lakers: The Lakers learned the identity of their second-opponent tonight, and it’s the Houston Rockets, who defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, 92-76, in Game 6 and took the series, 4-2.

Ron Artest scored 27 points and Yao Ming had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the Rockets win a playoff series for the first time since 1997. Both will be key figures in the next round for the Rockets.

The Lakers beat the Rockets, 4-0, in the regular season.

Here’s the schedule (times are PDT)…

Game 1, Monday at Staples Center, 7:30 p.m., TNT.
Game 2, Wednesday at Staples Center, 7:30 p.m., TNT.
Game 3, May 8 at Houston, 6:30 p.m., ESPN.
Game 4, May 10 at Houston, 12:30 p.m., Channel 7.
Game 5, if necessary, May 12 at Staples Center, TBA, TNT.
Game 6, if necessary, May 14 at Houston, TBA, ESPN.
Game 7, if necessary, May 16 at Staples Center, TBA, TBA.

Bynum wants Yao in the 2nd Round.

Looks like the young fella is a bit hungry for some PT. Against Yao at that. I would be too, having only played around 77 minutes in the whole first round. Now he's up against a slower but more stronger Center.

SLAMOnline: “It makes me very hungry,” Bynum said. “I can’t wait to go out there against a challenging player like Yao Ming. I know I’m going to play better just because it’s a big guy I’m going to go up against.”

Artest says Roy is better than Kobe and LeBron.

Sorry, sorry, sorry for that long absence. Some of us have been busy but let me assure you we'll continue our Lakers blogging.

Well here's an interesting vid of Artest saying that B-Roy is better than Kobe?? I'll let this one slide Ron cause we all know you don't know what the hell you're talking about sometimes.