Lakers, Spurs 112-111: Another one for the books

Another season, another great contest between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs. The bad news? A final result of 112-111, with San Antonio on the better end of the stick. The Good news? If you can look past that unfortunate outcome (and as ESPN's Marc Stein reminds Laker fans, it's plenty safe to do so), roundball fans were treated to quite the entertaining contest.  Back and forth scoring. A buzzer beating three from Manu Ginobli to end the third quarter, right on the heels of a trey ball fro Trevor Ariza. The Lakers steadily getting back in the race...read full article

Manu Ginobili is a role model for Lakers reserves

Though the Lakers were missing two key reserves, their bench still played well against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. It's just that San Antonio's bench was more productive. Well, to be fair, Spurs sixth man Manu Ginobili was great. Ginobili had 27 points. He was nine for 15 from the field, four for eight from three-point range. He also had three steals. The Lakers' bench of Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza and Josh Powell combined for 25 points on 11-for-20 shooting. They also had 13 rebounds, five assists and five steals. But what one can't forget is that...read full article