On the other side of the ball Derek Fisher looks to do his best to slow Deron and wear him down but Deron
On the other side of the ball, Derek Fisher looks to do his best to slow Deron and wear him down, but Deron is a big boy Deron wins that matchup big time (until crunch time). Kobe Bryant plays the best all-around game in the NBA and should dominate Brewer. EDGE: LA Front Court Carlos Boozer and Pau Gasol will probably play one another a bit That should be a lot of fun to watch One is very powerful, one is very much a finesse player Both are very good I think the two cancel one another out. It comes down to Radmanovic and Odom against Kirilenko and Okur. While I think Odom is the best of those four, I think Vlad is the worst. This will be a matchup that has to be decided every time the teams step on the court There is no clearly better group. EDGE: Even The Bench Utah has a fair number of solid bench players, with Jason Hart (solid defender), Morris Almond (good scorer), Matt Harpring (very tough defender, good shooter) in addition to the sharpshooting Korver.
The Lakers have Luke Walton (suddenly a playoff hero), Sasha Vujacic (tough defender, good shooter), Jordan Farmar (high energy offensive player) Hopefully, some of their other bigs will begin to show up They are going to need them. EDGE: LA Coaching Jerry Sloan has won 1089 regular season games (.603), 91 playoff games (.503), has taken his team to Conference Finals twice in his coaching tenure He has never won a championship. Only three of his previous 17 playoff teams have won double digit games. He is a defensive-minded coach who does a very good job developing young, tough defensive players. Phil Jackson just notched his 183rd playoff win (.704), is 9/10 on advancing his teams from the Conference Title Game to the actual Championship.
Only five of his 17 playoff teams have FAILED to win double digit games. EDGE: LA Series Breakdown The two most interesting players to watch will be Deron Wililams, who can cut through LA's defense with ease, and Pau Gasol, who has traditionally taken it to Utah. His one game against them this season looks to be an anomaly. His ability to rebound and score in the post will be key to LA's chances of success The Lakers must not be complacent. That is a bit tough given that they have handled Utah repeatedly, swept their first round opponent, and have some relatively inexperienced players starting for them. I fear they may lose a game in LA, but will put away the series in six games as they become focused as they close on the prize.. (Updates with death of sailor, details) OSLO, April 24 (Reuters) – One sailor died on Friday after a Russian trawler sank in the Barents Sea near Norway’s northern coast, Norwegian rescue authorities said.
The sailor, believed to be a Russian national, was one of two from the vessel’s 17 crew who was transported by helicopter to hospital in the Norwegian city of Tromsoe Both sailors spent time in Arctic waters. “One of the sailors has died after spending time in the water,” Geir Mortensen, spokesman at Norway’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Bodoe, told Reuters. The remaining 15 crew, who were picked up by another Russian fishing vessel after drifting in inflatable rafts, will also be flown by helicopter to Tromsoe for health checks and talks with the authorities about the accident. “Under the circumstances, the conditions for these men are good,” Mortensen said, adding that according to the crew list, all of the sailors were Russians. The trawler sank 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Tromsoe, Mortensen said The cause of the accident was not yet known (Reporting by Wojciech Moskwa) Russia Russia. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) identified 22 dietary supplements containing anabolic steroids that are marketed and sold on the Internet, in proposed rules published last week in the Federal Register.
According to the DEA, the following three steroids meet the criteria for “anabolic steroids” under the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 (”Classification of Three Steroids as Schedule III Anabolic Steroids Under the Controlled Substances Act,” April 25) Boldione (a.k.a. androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione) Desoxymethyltestosterone (a.k.a. DMT and 17a-methyl-5a-androst-2-en-17b-ol) 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione (a.k.a.19-norandrosta-4,9(10)-diene-3,17-dione and esta-4,9(10)-diene-3,17-dione) Apparently, this is a shocking surprise to supplement-industry lobbyist Loren Israelsen. Israelsen recently forwarded the following remarks (written by Rob Eder) to members of the United Natural Products Alliance. “As I have previously suggested, perhaps the Congress should examine whether the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act–DSHEA, as it is commonly known–is being adequately enforced,” Fehr said […] I have got some news for Donald Fehr: They don’t sell steroids in the supplement aisle. They don’t sell the “cream” or the “clear,” either. That’s because this industry does a better job of policing itself than Major League Baseball ever could.
