O’Neal signs with Celtics
Sports reports that the Celtics have agreed to a deal with free agent center Jermaine O’Neal. Details are still emerging, but the Boston Herald reports that it’s a 2-year deal, and that O’Neal will be paid $5.765 million for the 2010-2011 season.
O’Neal earned more than $23 million last season but was willing to take [...]
LA Lakers forward Ron Artest thanks psychiatrist, others
It’s been a long road for the Los Angeles Lakers’ Ron Artest: from fan-fighting bad boy to game-dominating hero in the Lakers game seven victory over the Boston Celtics to win the NBA finals.
After the game, Artest had a very usual person to thank on live television–his psychiatrist.
Artest thanked “everybody in my hood,” “my [...]
Lakers win 16th NBA title; Bryant gets fifth ring, Jackson could return
An 83-79 win over the Boston Celtics brought the 2010 NBA championship to the Los Angeles Lakers. They are showing their dominance in the league with this second win of the championship that solidifies last year’s win. This is the 16th total championship win for the Los Angeles Lakers.
With his record 11th NBA championship [...]
Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers to take 3-2 series lead on NBA Finals
The Celtics thrashed the Lakers 96-89 in a nail-biting Game 5, which was completely turned around by the hosts in the fourth and the final quarter. Going into the last period, Boston was trailing by two points but refused to give up.
Paul Pierce scored 27 points as Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers to [...]
NBA Finals 2010: Lakers beat Celtics in game 3, 91-84
The Los Angeles Lakers stole the homecourt advantage back from the Boston Celtics with a 91-84 win at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston.
The Lakers now have a 2-1 advantage heading into Thursday’s game 4 in Boston, which essentially becomes a must-win for the Celtics.
Ray Allen missed all 13 of his shots in the [...]
Lakers-Celtics rivalry: were the 80s way more fun than Celtics-Lakers in the 21st century?
Celtics-Lakers in the 1980s was way more fun than Celtics-Lakers in the 21st century.
Let’s start with physical play. Everybody in Los Angeles thought it was a big deal when Ron Artest and Paul Pierce wrestled one another to the ground in the first minute of Game 1.
The Boston Celtics have 17 boast championships while the [...]
Lakers claimed NBA Finals game 1 against Celtics
The L.A. Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 102-89 in the first match of the NBA finals in Los Angeles on Thursday night, as they attempt to defend the title they won last year.
The Lakers crushed the Celtics just about every which way you can beat a team in a 48-minute basketball game. They outrebounded [...]
McGrady’s Hurt–Again
Following an electrifying debut in a Knicks uniform on Saturday night, during which he poured in a season-high 26 points, T-Mac asked out of the game last night when he could no longer bear the pain in his surgically-repaired left knee (a knee, mind you, he had been rubbing on the bench during his Knick [...]
