NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.

The last time the Lakers went 7 – 0 to start the season it was 2001 and they finished the season with the NBA Title.
The Lakers are not playing like a championship team, but they are winning like a Championship team and for this time of the season that is good enough.
So what is their formula for success?
Hang in there and let Kobe takeover in the end.
The success formula allows them to win for now, but they have to develop into more of a team if …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
One of my favorite hoop sites is basketball reference.com
Today, why don’t we look at playoff games for a player’s career?
So who has the most NBA playoff games in their career that is still playing?
1. Robert Horry 244 – Somehow this guy gets himself on teams that win it all and he makes big shots.
2. Shaquille O’Neal 203 – The big guy was the dominant player in the game for most of his career.
3. Tim Duncan 155 – The big fundamental always seems to get the job done and …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Could Ronny Turiaf be the newest Golden State Warrior?
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The Laker machine is just as stable as ever, but they may have to lose a player or two. Don’t count the Lakers and Kobe Bryant out just yet.
The Golden State Warriors on Thursday signed Los Angeles Lakers forward and restricted free agent Ronny Turiaf to an offer sheet.
According to a report on the Los Angeles Times’ web site, the Warriors offered a four-year, $17 …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Boston Celtics rule the world or at least the NBA World.
Paul Pierce is MVP and played fantastic.
Kevin Garnett reminds us that anything is possible.
Defense rules and the Lakers better get one.
Redlasso gives us this video from after the final seconds.

source RedLasso
Kevin Garnett was so emotional that he was crying one moment and shouting out the next moment. Boston absolutely dominated the last game of the series.
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce cannot be stopped. Not by Kobe. Not by anyone.
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Sam Posey or SAM missile. He just keeps burying 3’s.
Paul Pierce, not Kevin Garnett. It is the Paul Pierce series. Hey, Kevin is averaging a double double, but it does not matter. Paul Pierce is dominating.
Pierce had waited for his chance to be one of those generational Boston sports icons, and the Celtics had stopped surrounding him with …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant is ready, but is Pau Gasol ready?
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The Lakers blew it in game 4. A 24 point lead and still they did not win. The Celtics stepped up the defense and Paul Pierce went crazy on offense and that was it.
The Lakers have to face game 5 as a game to get respect.
Let me lay it out for you.
First off your leader has to be cool. Kobe Bryant …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce, with a lot of help, put the clamps on Kobe Bryant
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The Lakers are done. They had a 24 point lead in the second quarter over the Boston Celtics.
Even in the 3rd quarter the Celtics were down 20 points.
Then the Lakers stopped scoring.
What was it? It was Celtic defense and Paul Pierce scoring.
It didn’t help that Kobe was being locked down by Pierce. Kobe just could not get his …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Donaghy is facing charges on gambling on NBA games. He just happens to be an NBA ref.
The league wanted a million bucks from him for costing the league money.
Tim fired back with allegations of the NBA fixing some playoff games, including the famous seven game series between the Lakers and Sacramento. The NBA and David Stern have denied the allegations.
If Tim Donaghy’s latest allegations are true, Kobe Bryant won his last championship with the help of an NBA conspiracy.
And Scot Pollard is still …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant walked off with a victory in game 3 of the NBA Finals
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Kobe was cool and calm and had an excellent game.
Los Angeles Lakers 87, Boston Celtics 81
Bryant scored 36 points with an MVP-worthy performance; Sasha Vujacic added 20 points and the Lakers, teetering on the brink of falling into an impossible hole in the NBA finals, beat the Boston Celtics 87-81 in Game 3 on Tuesday night.
L.A.’s brightest sports star, Bryant was …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Can Paul Pierce take his injured knee and guard Kobe Bryant and still score points?
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Doc Rivers is cautiously optimistic about his two injured starters.
Pierce (sprained right knee) and Perkins (sprained left ankle) spent much of the media-access portion of practice riding stationary bikes, and coach Doc Rivers indicated he was more optimistic about Pierce’s chances of playing against the Lakers than he was about Perkins’s, even though the fifth-year center said he …read more