Phil Jackson

The World

L.A. Lakers avoid elimination at home, head to Boston for Game 6

Sports

?There can only be one,? reads the tagline of the NBA’s 2008 playoff marketing campaign, splitting the faces of top players to emphasize that no one gets a participation award. Yet, the Los Angeles Lakers Game 5, 103-98 victory over the Boston Celtics, featured a different kind of split ? the split personality of Kobe Bryant.”
-Maggie Haskins