Reminding you of that Houston Rockets statistic. In every game of the Rockets’ playoffs run, and they have played 12 so far … when they have led after a quarter, they have won. When trailing after a quarter, they have lost. First-quarter score from Staples Center: Lakers 22, Rockets 12.

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David Lassen of the Ventura County Star sent me a link I have to post … post haste! A link to a list of every major league baseball bobblehead night in 2009! If you had, like, a private jet and could fly around the country and see midweek games against unappealing visiting teams … you […]

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The Lakers coach is a strange bird. He is. Son of a minister, grew up in the Dakotas, something of a Zen devotee … I mean, the man is a space cadet. Like no other successful American professional sports coach. Maybe ever. Really. Who is the previously most detached/deranged major sports coach in the country? […]

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That’s it. I’m done with them. They may keep playing for another week or 10 days … hell, maybe even into June … but there is now way these Lakers win an NBA championship. None. No serious contender for a title allows these Houston Rockets to take them to a Game 7. No way. Doesn’t […]

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*But listed here for their potential amusement, because if I don’t make this connection, who will? It’s not like anyone is left in professional journalism in the Inland Empire who remembers anything that happened in San Bernardino sports before, like, 2001. OK, an entry in Just How Small the World of Lowlife BasketBallers is.

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I do not know DJ Gallo. I don’t owe him money. There is no ulterior motive in linking to him. He’s not funny all the time. Sometimes he isn’t at all. But he has done an excellent job of stripping down the Manny Ramirez suspension and finding the ultimate insult/comedic value at the bottom of […]

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The Anaheim Ducks. You’ve heard of them. Hockey club down in Orange County. Everything the Los Angeles Kings are not. Well-run. Well-led. Home-grown, much of the time. Stable. Successful. The Ducks are in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, having already ousted the San Jose Sharks, the winningest team in the National Hockey […]

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This will provide a link to the newspaper story I did for the North County Times/Temecula Californian, late Tuesday night out the Lakers’ blowout of Houston. I probably went a little too long and hard with the “Jekyll and Hyde” concept, especially considering people tend not to read any more …and literary references are a […]

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The Lakers are turning the aphorism inside out. It isn’t about the journey, it’s the destination. Don’t ask them how they’re getting to the Western Conference (and NBA?) finals? Don’t inquire about the backtracking, missed exits and awkward U-turns and having to ask for directions. Just ask the Lakers if they are getting where they […]

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The Lakers are up, 35-24, at the end of the first quarter. Big deal, you say? Normally, you would be right. But then there’s this little tidbit, courtesy of one the Houston reporters who covers the Rockets:

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