Tony Allen came back from his sprained ankle last nighta??

I’m going to guess our normal Lakers trolls won’t be coming around to celebrate this: INDIANAPOLIS (AP)a?”Danny Granger scored 32 points and led Indiana back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit, and Troy Murphy’s buzzer-beating tip-in completed an improbable 118-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. The Lakers came into the game with seven straight

var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,182,317522,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}() Records: Lakers 14-1 Pacers 6-10 Offensive ratings: Lakers 112.3 (3rd in league) Pacers 103.2 (24th in League) Defensive ratings: Lakers 98 (2nd in …

The following preview of the game is courtesy of Lakers.com. I’d have to agree with most of the thoughts in this and I truly believe the Lakers have a chance to sweep this three game road trip.

I am still waiting for a team in either the Western or Eastern conference that can contain Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard; as of late, Howard has been abusing a lot of teams’ frontcourts and Orlando has been the better for it.A In Saturday night’s game against the Indiana Pacers - who do have height,

A Daily Babble Production That Stephon Marbury has comported himself in a less than exemplary manner during his tenure as a member of the New York Knickerbockers is rather evident at this point.  The last four-plus years have been filled with me-first play, an utter lack of defense, all sorts of troubles with coaches and the front office, off-court incidents that increased the team’s legal liability, odd public statements and continued demonstration of the fact that he is not committed to his teammates.  That the Knicks want nothing to do with him at this point makes plenty of sense, and if not for the fact that  the front office legend that is Isiah Thomas spent nearly the last five years in control, one could only wonder how it took the team so long to reach this point (but Thomas’ presence explains that). But as the Knicks’ developing break-up with Marbury becomes more of a three-ring media circus by the day, the it increasingly appears that Marbury isn’t the only culpable party here.  The team’s handling of his situation thus far has left plenty of room for questioning, and it seems at this point that the time has come for the Knicks to simply tell the disgruntled guard to take a hike. It became clear in the first week of the regular season that new coach Mike D’Antoni did not plan to play Marbury.  The point guard suited up for the first game and did not play by virtue of coaching decision, and he went to the inactive list after that, appearing in warm-ups rather than street clothes only when the team needed his presence to meet the minimum players dressed requirement.

15-2  @ 5-10 Saturday, November 29, 2008 7:00 pm ET Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC) Game Thread    |   Chat Last night, the Celtics extended their winning streak to seven with a 102-78 victory over Philadelphia. Tonight, the cruising men in green will be hosted by the Bobcats in Charlotte for their sixth back-to-back of this young 2008-2009 regular season.

The Charlotte Bobcats, in their game against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, proved for at least one night that they have some moxie in them; comeA tothink of it, they even had some offensive spark.A Most nights, one would think that either Gerald Wallace or Jason Richardson - who started tonight - would provide that

For three straight games, the Indiana Pacers had blown second-half leads to lose; however, against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at Toyota Center, they would mount a comeback in the fourth quarter with Danny Granger tipping in the game-winner with 13 seconds left in the game, enabling Indiana to nipA Houston 91-90. Houston’s cold shooting caught

Jorge Sierra at HOOPS HYPE tips me off to a crazy brawl this week in the Croatian Pro Basketball league. Former NBA player Rawle Marshall (Mavs, Pacers) attacked a player named Sinisa Stemberger during a game last night, opening up a huge wound on his forehead. Based on the report, Marshall may …