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Pau Gasol’s 21 points, 18 rebounds, and 3 blocks led the Lakers in a blowout series-clinching win over the Houston Rockets Sunday afternoon.
His 21 points led all Laker scorers, including Kobe Bryant, whom scored a series low 14 points after averaging 29.7 points in the first six games.
The Lakers took a huge lead in the [...]
You can just tell; Luis Scola doesn’t get very much respect from many of the Laker players (Fisher, Odom), nor does his Yao Ming-less Houston Rockets get much respect.
Scola and the Rockets are doing their best to change that opinion.
Behind Scola, and a cast of no-namers and role players like second year guard Aaron Brooks, [...]
Who knew that the Rockets could get out of the first round of the NBA Playoffs without Tracy McGrady?
With the Rockets up 3-1 on the Portland Trailblazers, Yao Ming and Luis Scola are on the verge of getting the Houston Rockets out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time in 12 [...]
Tonight, Dikembe Mutombo showed that age is nothing but a number.
Well, at least not old age.
Against one of the NBA’s youngest teams, the Golden State Warriors, the reportedly 42-year old Mutombo posted 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks in Houston’s 113-109 win.
Filling in for Yao Ming, who was a late scratch from the game [...]
Posted by Stuart Leung on 01 Apr 2009 at 9:42 am under Boris Diaw, Dirk Nowitzki, José Calderón, Luis Scola, Manu Ginóbili, NBA, Nenê, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Yao Ming, leandro barbosa, steve nash, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
Everyone loves lists. and we’ve been meaning to come up with a list of the top international NBA players for a few years now, but never actually got around to it.
With the season coming to the end, we decided to finally create our list of the best foreign-born players for the 2008-09 NBA season. We [...]
CLUTCH DEFENSE: Generally the word “clutch” is associated with offense, but what of clutch defense? ESPN’s NBA Fastbreak measured it simplistically by combining clutch-time steals and blocks. And this is what they came up with…. with 2 minutes remaining and the game is within 5 pts, Manu Ginobili has 8 combined blocks & steals, [...]
The severely-undermanned Thunder continues to surprise. OKC have won 5 of their last 6 games with Kevin Durant out with an injury, thanks in large part to Nenad Krstic’s 15.2 points, 7 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks during the run. Oklahoma City is also doing it without the second leading scorer, Jeff Green.
Dirk Nowitzki scores a [...]

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