TLN’s own Jason Riley joined WEEI Boston to briefly preview both the Lakers and the Celtics. You can check out the whole preview here. ON THE LAKERS: The Champs had a surprisingly busy off-season — picking up a veteran point guard (Steve Blake), another solid, defensive-minded role player (Matt Barnes) and an insurance policy for [...]

For the 16th time in their glorious franchise history, the Los Angeles Lakers have become Champions of the Basketball World! Stay tuned to The Lakers Nation for ongoing Championship coverage!

The Lions Den.

It’s the name commonly referred to the crowd at Staples Center in Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals. Arguably, the loudest crowd for a game in Staples Center history. It’s almost no question that the crowd lifted the team when it needed it the most, throughout the entire game, going into the fourth quarter with a big deficit, and turned that into a victory.

Coach John Wooden died today at 6:45 p.m. at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

The Lakers Nation started two years ago to accomplish what the Lakers have accomplished today. The city of Los Angeles is celebrating the franchises 15th World Championship, the first in 7 years. Kobe Bryant has validated his career as a winner with his fourth championship ring, and Phil Jackson has won his 10th ring. Continue [...]

Basketball fans often groan when they open the NBA page to find that a sports writer’s ad hoc statistical gymnastics have the Jazz favored for the championship, or the Bucks with a higher power ranking than the Spurs.

Rudy Fernandez left on a stretcher during the 3rd quarter of the Portland game. We wish him the best as it was an unfortunate fall.

Happy New Years, our fellow Laker fans! What a great year 2008 was for us…