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Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are poised to return to the NBA finals. But the old, unappreciated, yet constantly victorious San Antonio Spurs are in their way again.

There's something to be said about legend-making basketball when two storied franchises meet for a chance to make history and to become even more legendary. This works on both the team and individual level.

Two storied teams meet to determine the Western Conference champs, and to earn the right to fight for the NBA title. The Spurs are defending their crown, and the upstart Lakers are attempting to once again ascend to greatness. Who will triumph?

The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers match-up in the NBA Finals recall the league's glory days of the 1980s.

With 16 and 14 NBA finals wins respectively, the Celtics and Lakers have dominated the NBA throughout its history. Now the two teams have a shot at meeting again.

Preview of Spurs vs Lakers

The Lakers blowing a 24 point lead at home in must win game tarnishes the legacy of Kobe Byrant and Phil Jackson

NBA fans are somewhat hopeful that a return to the old days is in progress.

A preview of the 2006 NBA season.

Tim Duncan and the Spurs look to top Kobe and the Lakers.

The Spurs somehow won a road game when it counted and now the defending champs face red hot Los Angeles in the Western Conference Finals

A preview of the upcoming NBA playoffs, with seedings based on standings as of April 14, 2006.

The Lakers and the Celtics battling for NBA Championship Glory!

Los Angeles Lakers versus San Antonio Spurs in the NBA West Championship series. What are the key matchups? Who will win?

2008 finals preview between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers

Read about the Los Angeles Lakers and preview their chances this season. Can Kobe Bryant carry the Lakers back into the playoffs?

After taking out the New Orleans Hornets in a very difficult and emotional game seven last night, the San Antonio Spurs are going to face the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday for the Western Conference Finals.

The powerhouse of the west Lakers and their eastern counterpart are hopefully going to provide hard core NBA and basketball fans an entertaining game.

With their game 7 victory in New Orleans last night, the San Antonio Spurs have qualified for the Western Conference Finals--again.

Lakers versus Spurs, Western Conference final. Lakers in 7.

The Los Angeles Lakers are touted to win the Western Conference Championship, but how appropriate it is for them to try to win their crown in a competition against last year's Western Conference and NBA Champion, the San Antonio Spurs.

a satirical political commentary on the recent defeat of TX teams by "liberal" teams from liberal cities--esp. concerning the Lakers-Spurs Western Conference Finals

Amid the neverending barrage of newspaper headlines, magazine copy and barbershop talk, you think you know everything there is to know about superstar guard Kobe Bryant, but you have no idea.

All 82 games of the 2007-2008 NBA season are in the books and the top eight teams in each conference are bracketed for the playoffs. Four matchups begin on April 19, the other four on the following day. The Boston Celtics posted the best record in the NBA (66-16)...

A lot of people know about the basketball records of David Robinson, one of the 50 best NBA players in history and retired star of the San Antonio Spurs. Not everyone knows about David Robinson, the Christian leader and humanitarian.

We will be taking a look back at the last 10 years of NBA drafts, with analysis of the draft picks. Along with analysis, there will be a reordered top ten picks, along with a selection of the worst and best draft choices.

Professional basketball began with eleven teams. Some of these teams still play; the others live in the game's history. This article provides a brief history about the sport's initial cities.

Well, it's about time. For all you NBA fanatics out there - like myself - the seemingly never-ending regular season is finally about to come to a close.

The Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings covet Phil Jackson. More precisely, they covet Jackson's nine championship rings. Larry Brown lingers as a nice consolation prize.

The Southwest Division may be the best division in the entire NBA. This division featured 4 playoff teams and the NBA champions last season. This is how things should shake out in the Southwest this season.

If we had to apply the Justice League to the NBA, who would our heroes be…and how would they stack up with their 80's counter-parts?

The NBA season's personal awards are predicted.

The 2007-08 Los Angeles Lakers' team is the new infant of the next professional basketball dynasty in Los Angeles.

The 10 greatest players ever to wear the purple and gold in the City of Angels.

Before this season the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics had faced each other an even 10 times in the NBA Finals. Here is a look back at those Finals.

Besides the much-hyped potentiality of a Los Angeles-Boston matchup in the NBA Finals, the most anticipated matchup has got to be the first round series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Phoenix Suns. The defending NBA Champions, San Antonio...

With the Celtics knocking off the Pistons, they are set to meet their past rival Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals

If Kobe Bryant were to stop playing today, there would be no legacy.

Kobe Bryant has suffered an injury to his pinkie finger that a doctor has suggested he have surgery on. It is torn ligament to his shooting had. The surgery on that finger would probably keep Kobe Bryant out for at least six weeks.

Excuse me for jumping on the bandwagon, but the Los Angeles Lakers are legitimate championship contenders now!

The San Antonio Spurs fell to the L.A. Lakers, again failing to defend a title that they have won from a previous season.

The Los Angeles Lakers are apparently still stinging from their first round exit in the 2007 NBA Playoffs. Kobe Bryant was recently quoted as saying that if GM Jerry West does not return to the team next season, he would prefer to be traded.

The Los Angeles Lakers had a disappointing ending to a mediocre season last year. Kobe and his crew are determined to win the championship, but do they have what it takes?

What's not to like about the San Antonio Spurs? There is Tim Duncan in the paint, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker on the perimeter, and Big Shot Bob waiting in the wings. This team has it all. Read a preview of the San Antonio Spurs.

Looking at the Round One matchup of the Lakers vs. the Nuggets.

When the Los Angeles Lakers chose to go with Kobe Bryant instead of Shaq everybody criticized them but it turns out they were right.

Having won all three meetings between the teams this season, the Lakers Will breeze through the first round of the NBA Playoffs in a sweep.

Nobody expected too much from the Lakers last season. Phil Jackson came back and led the team back to the playoffs, but do they have the talent around Kobe Bryant to succeed in a deep Conference?

When you finish the regular season with the best record in the tough Western Conference, you expect big things. The San Antonio Spurs were disappointed with their loss to the Mavericks in the Semifinals, but they are aging and might not have enough.

The San Antonio Spurs finished off their 4-0 sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday night for the franchise's 4th NBA championship.

I hear all the talk about the Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix and even Los Angeles Clippers, but I am here to say that if people are forgetting about the San Antonio Spurs, they're making a terrible mistake.

The San Antonio Spurs are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association.

The San Antonio Spurs are favored to win their fourth NBA championship in eight years with the addition of several key players.

Kobe Bryant is perhaps the most criticized figure in sports today. Anything that Kobe says or does gets over-analyzed by television sportscasters, journalists, and fans across the country.

With a determined and less malcontent Kobe, a healthy starting squad and quality production from the good mix of veterans and youngsters, the Lakers may indeed surprise the league.

Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns play one of the hardest games of their lives and fight to stay alive in the battle against the Spurs. Find out who goes on to win and be champion of this unforgettable game.

Life as a Los Angeles Lakers fan can feel like a rollercoaster at times. Laker fans have enjoyed great moments like championships, 81 point performances by Kobe Bryant, and clutch shots by Robert Horry.

Kobe Bryant had a great series in round one of the playoffs agaisnt the Suns but he came up just short in game 7

O'Neal could soon be on the way to help Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers sweep the Denver Nuggets 4-0 in the Playoff Series. Will they be facing off against Utah next, or can Houston pull a rabbit out of their hat?

how the fast and talented Mavericks were able to knock off the defending champs

San Antonio suffered a defeat to the eventual Western Conference Champion Dallas Mavericks last year. It's been a quiet offseason for the Spurs. Are they on their way back to the top?

A season preview of the 2006 Los Angeles Lakers.

This matchup between the Celtics and Spurs is a very likely NBA Finals preview.

Lakers Clobbered by the Celtics. Boston wins 17th title as NBA champions.

Utah and San Antonio will be a more interesting series than most think.

This seasons NBA playoffs are nearing an end and these have been some of the best basketball games i have seen in a while.

Why the Boston Celtics will rise to the top of the Eastern Conference with the acquisition of Kevin Garnett.

After the Los Angeles Lakers spirited conclusion to last season, which featured an unexpected - and hard fought - playoff appearance, the future would appear to be very bright for Kobe Bryant and his young teammates.

The Los Angeles Lakers basketball star, Kobe Bryant, implied again that he wants to be traded. On his website kb24.com, he made a statement which said, that "the Lakers and me just have two different visions for the future."

Kobe Bryant, shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, scored more points in back-to-back games than any player in recent memory. He scored 65 against the Trailblazers and 50 more Sunday night against the Timberwolves for an astonishing 115-point 2-game total.

The 2007-2008 NBA basketball season has been quite a rollercoaster for the Los Angeles Lakers. It began in the off-season with Kobe Bryant's frequent and emphatic trade demands. Then, the Lakers got off to a sluggish start.

taking a closer look at Phil Jackson's book The Last Season

With Kobe Bryant desperate for help, the Lakers made a stunning trade that could put them into the Championship game

Why the Celtics and Lakers rivalry is important for the NBA's future.

Does Kobe Bryant deserve more help in getting the Lakers to the next Level?

The second round of the NBA playoffs started without the first round having not even been completed. It seems that the best team in the league was having a terribly difficult time eliminating the worst team to get into the playoffs.

The Lakers are back on top as an NBA playoff favorite, led by likely MVP Kobe Bryant. But will the Western Conference top seed be upset for the second year in a row?

An overview of the NBA Finals series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.

According to his comments earlier this summer, Kobe was not supposed to play for the Lakers unless they made something happen ... and they didn't.

The Spurs are a tough, gritty team, but I wouldn't go as far as to call them dirty.

Zen master signed a three year $30 million dollar deal to once again play ringmaster in Jerry Buss's little circus otherwise known as the Los Angeles Lakers.

A quarter of the way through the 2006-2007 NBA season we have seen several surprises and even a few disappointments. After a quarter of the season, the NBA teams rounding out the top 10 in positions 6-10 are as follows:

The public, thus far, has sided with Kobe. Analysts agree that the Lakers have not surrounded him with the necessary talent to be competitive. I disagree.

Humor columnist Christopher Wilson wonders if the neglected women whose men have been caught up in the NBA playoffs have learned enough to predict the winner of the Finals between Cleveland and San Antonio

Many sports fans are very aware of the less than pleasant side of the Kobe Bryant story. Some little knonw facts about Kobe help us to remember who he still can be.

As I had predicted, this year's champ are the oldest team in the NBA for this season, being eight older guys playing from Spurs. Spurs truly showed the meaning of basketball and how it is played this season. Yeah! It is all about teamwork.

NBA fans need to stop being such crybabies and face the facts. The Spurs are better than the Suns.

Regardless of who sits where in the playoff seeds, I think this year's Western Conference Playoffs will be a battle between the big three - Dallas, Phoenix, and San Antonio.

Does the 22 year old first-round draft pick have what it takes to reign over the might Spurs? Lebron in a press conference on NBA.com after Game 2 said assuringly, "We definitely still confident."

From LeBron to Glyniadakis, and everyone in between, one of the best draft classes of the last 5 years has been in the NBA for three seasons. It's an appropriate time for their first report cards.

Will the king be able to dethrone the dynasty and crown himself champion of the NBA?

A summary of why it pays to be boring in the NBA specifically and professional sports in general.

The Warriors were the surprise of the NBA Playoffs last season eliminating the top seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round. Golden State was 42-40, the eighth seed in the Western Conference, tied with the Lakers for second in the Pacific Division.

The recent one game suspensions handed down by the league of Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw for their "involvement" in an altercation are absolutely preposterous.

The real story in Sunday night's game was the Spurs' three-pronged attack of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, which combined for 78 points.