Tomorrow night the Lakers begin their Western Conference Finals series against defending champions, the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers and their coaching staff are very familiar with the Spurs, now ...

Instead, Odom volunteered that the Lakers wanted to face the Spurs in the Conference Finals: To play against them is really significant for us — it’s a challenge that we’re ready for.

SAN ANTONIO -- The media crowd pours into the cramped Lakers locker room, looking for the goat, braying for the bum, loaded for Lamar. He calmly buttons his black-checked shirt and beats them to it.

LOS ANGELES, May 23 -- -- LOS ANGELES, May 23 -- In one cat-quick motion, Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom caught a pass inside from Derek Fisher, spun around San Antonio Spurs forward Tim ...

His eyes moved back and forth, his head was tilted and his voice was low. It was time for Lamar Odom to explain what happened during the last few frantic seconds, to tell his side of the story of ...

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Dec 28, 2010; San Antonio, TX, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom (7) attempts to save the ball from going out of bounds against the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center. The Spurs won 97-82.

The San Antonio Spurs appear to be a tired, beaten-up team in trouble. Perhaps the fact that they just survived a similar predicament will give them hope. Kobe Bryant scored 22 points, Lamar Odom ...