The 2011-2012 NBA season is ready to tip off and the 149-day lockout is all but forgotten, and the NBA returns with a five-game Christmas feast, starting with the New York Knicks against the Boston Celtics at noon EST, and capped off by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Golden State Warriors at 10:30 [...]
The NBA lockout keeps eating away at the regular season, like the revolting tapeworm that it is. Regular season games had been scheduled to start last week. Now all November games have been canceled. As the stalemate drags on, lament the lack of basketball — but don’t believe it’ll do major damage to local economies.
Conventional [...]
Pau Gasol and Ron Artest each scored 18 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 98-95 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.
Kobe Bryant had seven points, four rebounds, and two assists while playing just under 19 minutes. He played nine minutes in the first and third quarters.
Shannon Brown added 17 points [...]
