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Tens of thousands of jubilant Los Angeles Lakers fans flooded downtown Wednesday, creating a tidal wave of purple and gold while celebrating the storied franchise's 15th NBA title with a high-energy parade and rally paid for by the city's movers and shakers. People clad in the team colors stood 20 or ...

Move over, Red Auerbach. Phil Jackson is now No. 1. Jackson, the chilled-out, bow-legged Zen Master who won six league titles in the 1990s with Michael Jordan in Chicago, now has won his fourth with the ...

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The end came swiftly and, perhaps, it's just the beginning. Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson and the Lakers completed a journey longer than a season in the making, securing the 15th championship in the franchise's celebrated history Sunday night. The Lakers dismantled the upstart Magic in a Game 5 devoid of drama ...

To this day, it is referred to simply as 0.4, the last-second shot that first made Derek Fisher famous. In Game 4 of the NBA finals, Fisher may have topped it. Twice. Fisher hit two key 3-pointers - one with 4.6 seconds left in regulation, the other with 31.3 seconds to go in ...

Lucky to have a second chance, the Los Angeles Lakers grabbed it. Kobe Bryant and Co. held on and are in control of the NBA finals - just barely. Orlando rookie Courtney Lee missed a potential winning layup as regulation ended, giving Los Angeles another shot it didn't waste. Pau Gasol scored ...

Kobe Bryant has waited a year, a long year, for another chance at NBA title. He's not about to let this one slip away. The Olympic gold medal was nice. Not nearly enough. He covets another golden trophy. "I just want it so bad, that's all,'' Bryant said. "I just want it really ...

There are roughly 2,200 miles between Los Angeles and Orlando. That doesn't begin to describe the gap separating Phil Jackson and Stan Van Gundy. They're both head coaches in the NBA Finals. But that's where the ...

Phil Jackson was a couple minutes late to his pregame media session Tuesday, lingering in front of the TV in the coaches' office like a kid not wanting to go to bed on a school night so he could catch a couple extra possessions of the Cavaliers-Magic game. A win by ...