In a statement, the NBA says the Lakers’ guard made contact with the Spurs’ guard in the closing seconds of Game 4 and two free throws should have been awarded.

via LA TIMES

Another viral video from Kobe. In this one he jumps over a pool of swimming snakes. It was filmed with With Chris Pontius, Wee-man, Steve-O and Ehren McGhehey, who are on the cast of Wild Boys.

These are to promo the new Nike Hyperdunks.

Kobe and Ron Artest have teamed up for a segment that will air on Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Sports Show Period this Friday, May 23rd.

The show airs weeknights at 11pm local time.

The Lakers watched Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Hornets and Spurs. Kobe gave each of his teammates a gift of Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph timepieces, personalized with an engraving of the player’s name and the year.

-Source: KB24.com

The San Antonio Spurs defeated the New Orleans Hornets in game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. Game 1 of the Western Conference finals will begin on Wednesday May 21st.

During a postgame interview with TNT, Charles Barkley asked Tony Parker if they are going straight to LA or back home for a day. Tony Parker replied,

“You want to know the secret. We going straight to LA. We packed already.”

Thats how champions roll I guess.

Andrew Bynum has a surgery scheduled for Wednesday in New York by Dr. David Altcheck. The surgery will clean up rough spots in his knee and some fraying underneath the kneecap.

A Lakers spokesman said that the Team will release a report of the surgery and estimated timeline of Bynum’s return on Wednesday.

Andrew Bynum has been on the sidelines since Jan. 13 due to a bone bruise in the knee and a subluxation of the kneecap — a slight dislocation that popped back into place.

“It’s always been kind of a nebulous area ever since the first couple of weeks after his [injury], it’s always been is this going to be something that’s going to be the end result?” Coach Phil jacksonJackson said. “We hope it’s going to be the end result of the knee injury that he had.”

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko missed practice Thursday because of a travel visa, a day before Utah faced the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Agent Marc Fleisher said Kirilenko had to finalize a travel visa for a family trip to France this summer and Thursday was the only day he could do it without having to wait another month. Fleisher said Kirilenko, who is a Russian citizen, told the Jazz ahead of time about the conflict and was given permission to miss practice.

Pau Gasol was on PTI yesterday. He discussed Sundays game 4 loss to the Utah Jazz, and also his mid-season trade. Pau really touched on how unhappy he was playing in memphis, and he was hoping for the trade to happen.

Here’s the video

clublakers.com-He got the 3rd opinion today, this Dr. cleared him to play as well. So now it is basically up to the Lakers Dr. to give the ok and clear him so if that happens he can play as soon as Phil wants to use him.

So Trevor Ariza saw another doctor, was cleared and now we should see him in limited minutes off the bench. At least now the Lakers have another option for some solid defense against the Utah Jazz.

Snoop Dogg who is apparently a big Lakers fan, was spotted the other night at Los Angeles radio stations concert wearing a New Orleans Hornets Jersey. Wow, thats a major no no for someone who claims to be a die hard Lakerfan. Snoop even had a Lakers Basketball Court in one of his houses.