On Sunday afternoon Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum and the Los Angeles Lakers will face the New Orleans Hornets in Game One of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, and we will finally have an idea of what type of effect, if any, the events of last week had on the team.
The Lakers were dealing with issues on various fronts, as Bryant and Jackson's fines from the NBA and Bynum's knee injury have basically overshadowed the team's series with New Orleans.
Bynum got the drama parade started when he fell to the floor awkwardly during a game against the San Antonio Spurs, and Lakers fans everywhere held their collective breaths as their hopes for a three-peat sat grimacing on the court in pain.
In the same game Bryant was called for a technical foul in the 3rd quarter, and as he sat on the bench he uttered the two now infamous words that left his wallet $100,000 lighter and ignited the furor of civil rights groups across the country.
Not to be undone, Jackson decided to enter the soap opera himself by telling a group of reporters that he felt the NBA's collective bargaining issues would eventually lead to a stoppage in play, and that concern ...
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Article written by Hadarii Jones
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