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In a short video message to his twitter followers, Shaquille O’Neal announced his retirement from the game of basketball after 19 years. The NBA now has a gapping hole in it’s side due the size of Shaq’s giant stature and personality. His presence on and off the court will be greatly missed. As a Lakers fan his contribution to the team was immense. The early part of this century belonged to him and

VIDEO – Ron Artest is known for giving the ultimate sound bite, after his amazing performance in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, his post-game interviews received more press then his heroics on the court. Once again, Ron Artest has out done his play on the court. He finished with 18 points, and 3 steals. Including, throwing down a dunk, and hitting an off balance jumper at the end of the third overtime to seal the wi

In a playoff series when a team owns home court advantage it simply means that if they win every game on their home court they will win the series.  That is exactly what the Lakers have to do now that the series is tied 2-2.  The story with the Lakers in game 4  is very similar to that of game 3: free throw discrepancy, little to no defense, and a lack of a sense of urgency.  The Suns did exactly what was expected of

When playing the highest scoring team in the NBA in a playoff series and one that plays as well as the Suns do at home it is illogical to think a sweep is going to be easy.  Although with the way the Lakers started off this series it was not an impossible task.  The Phoenix Suns are not a team with a wide range of game plans, they are fast, pass great, and love to shoot the three ball.  These are a few aspects of the

After predicting that the Phoenix Suns would be the Lakers toughest competition of the post season I now see that one of two things is possible. Either I was completely dead wrong (which would not be the first time) or the Lakers are playing at a level that no other team in the payoffs is at. We all know that the Suns are the highest scoring team in the NBA but little can be said for their defense and that is exactly

BigLakerMike is back to give us the low down on the Western Conference Finals. “On paper the Phoenix Suns are our toughest match up thus far in the post season. They have height, power, speed, and an amazing bench. None of these things came into play Monday night against the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant made it his job to not let the Suns get their momentum early in the game. Keeping the Suns from playing th