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Decent Lakers season wrapped up

russ — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:10:34 +0000

Seasons over! Last home game for 2010. My bro and I have been talking for years about meeting up for a Lakers game but it’s been a logistical nightmare getting him down here from Fresno, till tonight when the stars aligned. Props to Melmo for the ticket hookups!

NBA is starting to “get” this web thing

russ — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:10:30 +0000

I went to check out the Lakers website at half-time and I did a mini double-take when instead of the usual home-page instead I got a giant current scoreboard / play-by-play screen. It’s called the NBA TV Companion and first debuted last month.

This is exactly what I (and I’m sure quite a few othe NBA fans out there) have been waiting for and the very first iteration is solid. More importantly though, is the number of clicks it took to find it from the Lakers page. None. I just went to the homepage and the TV Companion popped up; once click will take you through to the normal site, but during game-time this is all the info I want.

They mentioned they found a lot of people are browsing the web and watching TV at the same time (right here), but it’s also great if you live out of the area or can’t catch the game because your roommate filled the Tivo with So You Think You Can Dance. Bonus points: It isn’t flash-based, which means it even works on my iPhone.

Lakers drive to 5 has begun

russ — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:37:33 +0000

I’ll be honest; this is nothing more than an excuse to flash some serious bling. Glad to get that out of the way. Hey, a guy’s gotta rep his team, right? Besides, look at it. 14 diamonds for the 14 previous championships, 15-karat gold(???) to symbolize the 15th. All the players’ faces are engraved on their individual rings. And it looked even better in HD.

During tonight’s season opening win over the Clippers, MVP chants could be heard after Kobe’s first basket. Kobe will keep things moving this season, I have no doubt about that. I think the main goal though is to keep Andrew Bynum healthy so he can get into a groove and actually, you know, score some points. It’ll also be interesting to see how this whole Ron Artest experiment works out. Go Lakers!