Lakers links and NBA news- December 22

...the ultimate tale of the tape between Kobe and LeBron. Around the NBA: JA Adande notes that Shaq's return to Phoenix was unusually un-Shaqlike. Meanwhile, Cleveland pulled away late to hand the Suns...

Cavaliers' late run helps Suns to first home loss of season

LeBron James and Mo Williams led a 15-0 fourth-quarter run and the Cleveland Cavaliers went on to hand the Phoenix Suns their first home loss of the season 109-91.

LeBron Leads Cavs Past Suns

Cavs hand Suns first home loss of season in Shaq's return to Phoenix

PHOENIX - DECEMBER 21: Shaquille O'Neal #33 of the Cleveland Cavaliers is guarded by Channing Frye #8 of the Phoenix Suns...

PHOENIX - DECEMBER 21: Shaquille O'Neal #33 of the Cleveland Cavaliers is guarded by Channing Frye #8 of the Phoenix Suns...

The Shaq experiment

In the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Chris Broussard explains that -- contrary to the belief of some -- the Shaq/LeBron experiment in Cleveland IS actually working.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2009

Shaq has clashed with teammates on almost every team he's been on

LeBron and Shaq have been working well together this season

Daily Dime

Shaq was back in Phoenix, but it was his team that appeared to arrive

The 50 greatest Lakers of all time: I take a crack at it

...Lakers" comes "Magic." The rest of McMenamin's Top 10 (in order, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, James Worthy, Gail Goodrich, Byron Scott) seems pretty reasonable...

Doug Mann's Lakers Stats

Focusing in on Friday's clash, I want to look at as many different statistical categories as possible and essentially make it a 'Tale Of The Tape' preview of what will be one of the biggest games played this season in the NBA.

Kobe vs. LeBron: Ultimate Tale of the Tape

...And frankly, containment is a mostly pipe dream. Edge: LeBron CHAMPIONSHIPS LeBron never reaping the benefit of Shaquille O'Neal (at his best) or Pau Gasol makes this somewhat unfair, but life often sucks. Championships...

First Cup: Monday

Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News: "The Knicks are a .500 team in their last 14 games, 6-3 since Nate Robinson was benched and 2-0 with Jonath...

The Evolution of Kobe Bryant: Phil Jackson

...score 30 points a game, and share the basketball on the team? Because obviously (playing together) with Shaq, Kobe was concerned. He was very concerned about how he was going to be looked at in...

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