...skills but also a low-post scorer such as Pau Gasol and outside shooting threats such as Vladimir Radmanovic and Derek Fisher. That those players will be cheered on in the Wizards' own building adds special flavor to the game. "You notice it on the bench,"...
...Fisher, above, and Jordan Farmar are the Lakers' first line of defense against opposing point guards. Derek Fisher, above, and Jordan Farmar are the Lakers' first line of defense against opposing point guards. It's not only the point guards who are responsible...
...motivation are not issues up the I-95 corridor in Boston. What about for the Lakers (15-2)? "We feel that this time," Derek Fisher said, "with the experience of last season and hopefully a healthy team for the entire season or as much as possible, we can...
...teams. As a team, the Lakers are shooting .760 from the line. Although four Lakers are shooting better than 83 percent (Derek Fisher, .917; Sasha Vujacic, .857; Kobe Bryant, .856; and Vladi Radmanovic, .833), the team average is weighed down by the fact that...
...head coach Phil Jackson, who has coached his teams to a total of nine NBA championships. Also participating are guards Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar, forward Luke Walton, Lakers assistant coaches (and former NBA stars) Kurt Rambis and Brian Shaw, Los...
...game, and perimeter-oriented power forward Antawn Jamison, seventh averaging 20.9 points per game. Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, Derek Fisher and Gasol sat out the scrimmage portion of practice Thursday. ⦠Jackson has been asking Odom to be more aggressive on...
...Angeles never let the middling Sixers get too close in this one. Philadelphia was within six in the third quarter when Derek Fisher and Bryant nailed 3-pointers that ballooned the lead to double digits. Andre Miller scored 26 points and Andre Iguodala had...
...of itself was the Lakers from the opening tip, although the Sixers were within 6 points in the third period until Bryant and Derek Fisher drained 3-pointers that would increase Los Angeles’ lead to double-digits. The Sixers’ Lou Williams tried to rally his...
...Buss, the team owner. Then Bryant versus coach Phil Jackson. And on and on. "We had more personalities," said point guard Derek Fisher, who is in his second stint with the organization. "Shaq is another dominant personality, along with Kobe and Phil. Shaq...
...pulled Odom, Farmar, Ariza and Vujacic and replaced them with the starters. Bynum stayed in with Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Derek Fisher and Vladimir Radmanovic. But Bynum still was taken aback that the reserves were yanked. He had found his groove with that...