...Harding Park Golf Course. (C) LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 11: Damien Wilkins #3...24 of the Los Angeles Lakers look on during their game...

The end of a rivalry

Page 2 presents a look back at the best games of the decade.

Celtics stage improbable comeback

Page 2 presents a look back at the best games of the decade.

LOS ANGELES - APRIL 28: Kobe Bryant #8 of the Los Angeles Lakers talks to referee Tim Donaghy...

LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 17: The Laker girls...Bobcats and the Los Angeles Lakers on October 17, 2009 at...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 15: Laker fan...Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on June...

Can a non-NBA fan be converted?

A non-NBA fan headed to Staples Center to see whether what the league had to offer could convert him.

...Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the preseason game on...

It's time to talk 'Melo'

Can't avoid it any longer. Carmelo Anthony is in "the" conversation now with Kobe, LeBron and D-Wade.

LOS ANGELES - 1989: Magic Johnson #32 of the Los Angeles Lakers and Isiah Thomas #11 of...

...between the Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers in NBA basketball action Tuesday...

Pau Gasol ready for his dead close-up

Sam Alipour hangs out on the set of "CSI: Miami" as Lakers center Pau Gasol gets bitten by the acting bug.

Broken bonds: Magic and Isiah

Betrayal and backbiting -- that is what Magic and Isiah have come to. That's just wrong. And sad.

...a preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 22, 2009 at...

LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 18: Blake Griffin #32...game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on October...