Apr

19

Andrew and I with the Laker Girls

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Our local OSH had a “newly remodeled” sale, and they had 2 Laker Girls signing pictures. Andrew is officially introduced to the LAKERS! Notice his Lakers outfit.

Laker Girls

Apr

17

2008 NBA Playoffs, Lakers Win the West, Playoff Bracket

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What a year….had to wait till the last day of the NBA regular season to see the match ups between the west (2-8).

Lakers win the west!!! So we have home court advantage till the Finals, that’s great, plus we are a great road team as well (best in the west).

Our 1st round match up is Denver. Should be a fun match up, 4 stars, Kobe, Pau, AI and Melo…Lakers did win all 3 games against Denver during the regular season, but playoffs is a whole different thing. I highly doubt Bynum would be back during the 1st round…but don’t think we need him till we play Suns/Spurs (Conf Finals). My prediction for the 1st round, Lakers win it in 5! Would like to see others prediction…make a comment!

Do you have an office pool, use our bracket:

2008 NBA Playoffs Bracket

- Leo

Apr

15

Final Game of the Season: Lakers vs. Kings

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Well…this is it. The final game of the regular season and with a win tonight, the Lakers can secure the top seed in the west. Home court until the finals!!! I think that is a tremendous achievement considering how we started the season. NO ONE could have even imagined it to end like this…with the development of Bynum, the Lakers bench, the Pau trade and of course all the injuries this team has faced. It’s been an up and down rollercoaster.

The history with the Kings, i am sure they are going to try to spoil it for LA, so it should be a good game.

 Tip off is at 7:30pm!

- Leo

Apr

10

Lakers’ Bynum “a long shot” to play Sunday

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PORTLAND - In discussing Andrew Bynum on Tuesday, Phil Jackson said “there’s a chance” Bynum could play Sunday against the Spurs at Staples Center, then called it “a long shot.”

Bynum, who has missed 42 games recovering from a left kneecap injury, would have to be able to “practice on Saturday in a way that could convince me to play him on Sunday,” Jackson said.

“He has to play in a practice and run well and feel comfortable and move the right way,” Jackson said, and added, “He’s still getting some swelling around that knee, but if there is some excessive swelling, then we’d have to say no.

“But right now we’re certainly not counting on (him). It’s just really a long shot.”

Jackson said the team doctors’ input will greatly influence whether or not Bynum plays Sunday. Chip Schaefer, the team’s director of athletic performance and player development, has worked with Bynum daily for the past two months.

“He’s moving relatively well,” Jackson said. “There’s still some things about his game that are not back to square one. Playing-wise, he probably could start to get in the fray a little bit as far as a practice goes. I don’t know what it’s going to look like. He doesn’t either.”

Bynum vs. Shaq

There’s a chance the Lakers could face Phoenix in the first round of the playoffs, and Bynum could be needed against Shaquille O’Neal.

“He would be an important person to have on your team because he’s got the bulk and the size to put himself out there and stop some of that bull nature that Shaq has,” Jackson said.

Bynum has faced O’Neal just once in his career, in his rookie season. Bynum’s only points came on a memorable dunk over his idol, who had just dunked on him. Bynum then gave O’Neal a playful shove, which drew an elbow from Shaq, and both of them got technical fouls.

O’Neal finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Bynum played only four minutes.

Apr

2

Gasol ready for return after missing 9 games

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The sprained left ankle is not 100 percent healed, but the Los Angeles Lakers will take whatever Pau Gasol can provide at center.

Gasol, who missed nine games because of the injury, is expected to be on the court Wednesday night, when the Lakers play the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center.

Gasol had played in a brief scrimmage Saturday, and participated in a full practice Tuesday, reporting progress with each workout.

“That’s the main question, right?” Gasol said in The Los Angeles Times. “If nothing crazy happens and the ankle responds well to the work today, I think it’s a pretty good guess that I’ll be out there.”

Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Gasol would start on Wednesday, but the playing time would be adjusted depending on how the ankle reacted.

“He’ll probably have swelling for the next six weeks,” Jackson said, according to The Times. “Anybody who’s had a severely sprained ankle knows that it just goes on and on. Eventually it subsides, but it’s still going to be an issue for a while.”

Gasol, averaging 18.9 points and 8.5 rebounds, had been filling in for Andrew Bynum, who has been out with an injured knee since January. The Lakers are 15-4 with Gasol in the lineup, and 5-4 without him.

“Can’t wait to work him back in the mix and get him out on the floor,” Kobe Bryant said in The Times.

Bynum, meanwhile, has been doing some drills on his own, but has not practiced with the team. Bynum likely will join the Lakers for the upcoming road trip to Sacramento and Portland to get him back into a routine, and, as Jackson said jokingly in The Times, “so he can hang out a little bit with his teammates and remember their names.”

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