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Sports Illustrated
June 6, 2000
Marty Burns and John Donovan |
Who will win the 2000 NBA Finals? Lakers or Pacers?   |
Sports Illustrated
June 16, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Lakers duo something special This is where it gets scary. This is where every other player and coach in the league starts to sweat. The Lakers have figured it out. They've learned how to put a leash on their egos, how to grasp the big moment, how to let themselves be coached.... |
Sports Illustrated
January 9, 2001
Ian Thomsen |
Changes At the Top The rebuilt Pacers have yet to hit their stride... |
Sports Illustrated
June 6, 2000 |
Marty Burns' Breakdown NBA Finals matchups |
Sports Illustrated
June 7, 2000 |
Larry Legend After distinguishing himself as one of the league's alltime great players, Larry Bird returns to the NBA Finals on June 7 as head coach of the Indiana Pacers.... |
Salon.com
June 23, 2000
Anthony York |
Bird flies the coop There's nothing sweeter to a Lakers fan than watching the former Celtic once again denied a career-capping championship. |
Sports Central
May 1, 2006
Alfons Prince |
Kobe Discovers He Has Teammates The biggest story of the 2006 NBA playoffs thus far has to be not only the play of Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, but how Kobe has changed his play. |
Sports Central
June 17, 2009
Bill Hazell |
Kobe Gets the Big Guy Off His Back It took him the better part of a decade, but let the record show that Kobe Bryant finally won a ring without Shaq. |
Sports Illustrated
May 9, 2000
Jackie MacMullan |
Inside the NBA Two super games from Reggie Miller helped cure what ailed Indiana |
Sports Illustrated
May 23, 2000 |
Marty Burns' Breakdown: Pacers-Nicks |
Sports Central
April 23, 2005
Andre Watson |
Thanks, Kobe: The Curse of the Shaqbino? So who's to blame for the Lakers demise? The answer is simple: Kobe Bryant. Yes, Kobe Bryant. |
Sports Central
June 12, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: Role Models When Game 4 of the NBA Finals was on the line, it wasn't the greatest closer in the game who carried the lakers to a 3-1 series lead, it was their role players. |
Sports Illustrated
October 7, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Setting the Pace Indiana hopes its rebuilding phase is over. While other franchises trying to rebuild have had to live amid rubble for years, the Pacers' renovation has been fairly painless. |
Sports Central
December 16, 2004
Vincent Musco |
Kobe, For Better or (More Likely) Worse Sure, 12-9 might look fine now, but the Los Angeles Lakers are in trouble. They have already played their softest-quarter schedule this season, and tougher games lie ahead. Deep-sixing the team's other stars and keeping Kobe is the crux of the problem. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways. |
Sports Illustrated
December 12, 2000
Chris Ballard |
Scorecard Who needs the Next MJ when the NBA may have Bird-Magic II? |
Sports Illustrated
May 1, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Getting rooted in the NBA playoffs Who to root for? |
Sports Illustrated
June 7, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Undervalued contributors The supporting cast is vital to the Lakers' success |
Sports Central
January 24, 2006
Chris Cornell |
The Significance of Kobe's Big Night To put Kobe Bryant's incredible achievement of solo 81 points in a single game into perspective, one only needs to look at the record books. |
Sports Central
November 5, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Is Kobe Going Greek? Eleven players who were on NBA rosters last year went to the international game for no taxes and more money. And just last month there were rumblings that Kobe Bryant was offered $83 million for three years. Tax free! |
Sports Illustrated
January 22, 2003
Ian Thomsen |
School of Hard Knocks The Pacers are learning fast thanks to the oft-criticized Isiah Thomas. |
Sports Illustrated
December 19, 2000
Ian Thomsen |
Letting Fly Kobe Bryant is testing his limits -- and Shaq's... |
Sports Illustrated
January 16, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Unsecret Society Sports stars can no longer keep feuds in the family... |
Sports Central
April 3, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
The Measure of Success For a Zen-Master Barring a tremendous winning streak, the Los Angeles Lakers will accumulate more losses than the 1995 Chicago Bulls -- and the most losses ever by a Phil Jackson-coached team. |
Sports Central
March 28, 2005
Doug Graham |
The Writing Was on the Wall in L.A. It's unfair to think of Kobe Bryant as less of a player because the Lakers are struggling this season while the Heat are tearing through the competition. |
Sports Illustrated
April 6, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Staying put -- for now Kobe Bryant won't be dealt for a long time, if at all... |
Sports Central
June 10, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 3: Glass Half-Full The momentum swings in an NBA playoff series are off the charts. Teams have to ride the emotional rollercoaster that comes with every win and loss in the postseason, especially the NBA Finals. |
Sports Illustrated
December 24, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Inside the NBA Swarming D's, among other things, have put the Lakers' season in peril |
Sports Central
December 14, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Kobe Bryant: Too Proud to Sit? Even after x-rays revealed that Kobe Bryant broke the index finger on his right hand reaching for a tipped pass, he simply put a splint on his finger and played the second half. |
Sports Central
April 11, 2005
Chris Lindshield |
Reveling in the Lakers' Demise The Los Angeles Lakers have both fair-weather and irrationally faithful fans. Kobe Bryant does not have the necessary leadership skills to drive the team to be champions. |
Sports Illustrated
April 6, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Amid NBA turmoil, Lakers remain calm Basketball Q&A: Shaq dominated Patrick Ewing... Vince Carter... No. 1 pick in the draft... Indiana Pacers... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
April 13, 2001
Phil Taylor |
L.A. stories still just rumors The rumors about Kobe Bryant being traded -- to Toronto, to Vancouver, to Orlando, to just about every team in the league -- are multiplying, but despite all the speculation, I don't think Kobe's going anywhere, at least not this summer... |
Sports Illustrated
May 28, 2001
Marty Burns |
Lakers' toughest foe may be history Forget the Sixers or the Bucks. The Lakers' real opponents right now are the '89 Pistons, the '91 Bulls and the '99 Spurs. Those three teams each went 15-2 during their respective playoff runs, the best since the NBA went to its current format in '83-84... |
Sports Central
January 27, 2004
M. Edward Guest |
Chasing the Elusive Ring Ever since Larry Brown came to town about a decade ago, the Indiana Pacers have played some of the most consistent basketball in the NBA; they made the Eastern Conference Finals in 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Unfortunately, they lost the first four, three of them in seven games. |
Sports Illustrated
December 14, 2001
Jack McCallum |
If anyone's like Mike, it's Kobe Kobe is, in my opinion, the player who has a chance to get close to Jordan. (Notice I said close.) Bryant made incredible strides this year, both physically and mentally. He has a will to win, the ability to get off his shot whenever he wants to and he's a soon-to-be-great defender... |
Sports Central
May 19, 2005
Andre Watson |
Pacers' Rick Carlisle Got Robbed There are no other ways to explain the ridiculous notion that Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni was the best coach in the NBA this season. It's false, wrong, stupid, and idiotic to think scoring and records should be the sole barometer that measures the effectiveness of a coach in any sport, let alone the NBA. |
Sports Illustrated
March 7, 2000
Jackie MacMullan |
Inside the NBA Shaquille O'Neal's nocturnal practice sessions have elevated his game |
Sports Central
December 21, 2005
Joe Pietaro |
Is it Hip to Be Clip Now? In this topsy-turvy NBA season, it's the Clippers who are promoting exciting and winning basketball at the arena in which they were once considered second-class citizens. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Getting a fix on the conspiracy debate If my father-in-law were alive, this would've been a fun time for him because he could have advanced his NBA conspiracy theory... |
Sports Central
June 9, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 2: Too Little, Too Late The Lakers aren't dead yet. Twice in the last four NBA Finals the team with the three consecutive home games has swept all three games and gone on to win the series. |
Sports Central
May 14, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Mile-High Surprise The Denver Nuggets have quietly been the most impressive team in the postseason. |
AskMen.com
Andrew Ungvari |
Kobe Bryant - Love Him Or Hate Him Bryant, 31, is about to embark on the 14th season of his illustrious career, and unlike his previous six seasons, Bryant enters this coming season as a defending champion. |
Sports Illustrated
June 30, 2000 |
SI's Marty Burns' Free Agent Watch Report on basketball free agents. |
Sports Central
February 21, 2006
Joe Pietaro |
Wilt vs. Kobe: Bigger Accomplishment? Both players had historic games and should be credited with such. But which one was the bigger accomplishment? |
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Get out the broom Doesn't matter if it's 76ers or Bucks, Lakers will cruise... |
Sports Illustrated
March 9, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Rodman's final act? Rodman... Steve Smith vs. Isiah Rider... Toronto Raptors... John Starks... Warriors...Kobe Bryant vs. Allen Iverson... |
Sports Central
February 16, 2005
Chris Lindshield |
Reggie Miller, One of the Few Reggie Miller, through his older sister Cheryl, announced his retirement on Thursday February 10th, effective at the end of the season. His departure from the game brings to close a remarkable career. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Kill Phil, Volume III Phil Jackson has once again resumed his courtside seat at the head of Los Angeles Lakers bench. The question is, why? |
Sports Central
June 24, 2008
Bill Hazell |
Bryant's Lakers, Legacy, Stumble in Finals If Kobe Bryant was going to stake his claim as the greatest of all ballers, he needed to win the 2008 NBA Finals. |
Sports Illustrated
May 1, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Chat Reel: SI's Phil Taylor Butch Carter... Knicks in this year's playoffs?... stop Jalen Rose?... Are the Lakers beginning to fade... etc. |
