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Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West in their courtside seats at the Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nugget 2012 NBA Playoffs game on may 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Making for a memorable night at Staples Center, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were front row at the Los Angeles Lakers/Denver Nuggets showdown in Los Angeles on Saturday (May 12). the recently engaged Hollywood power couple were on-hand for Game 7
Making for a memorable night at Staples Center, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were front row at the Los Angeles Lakers/Denver Nuggets showdown in Los Angeles on Saturday (May 12). the recently engaged Hollywood power couple were on-hand for Game 7
The E! reality star and her rapper beau took to a pair of primo front row seats as they chatted amongst one another prior to tipoff of Game seven of the Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the visiting Denver Nuggets.
AP Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace (15) goes up for a dunk as Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried, left, watches during the first half of Game 7 in their first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Saturday, may 12, 2012, in Los Angeles.
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Thank God it was only seven … I thought the league would really go overboard, but be that as it may, Metta will think before acting. Anger is something … it is hard to control and at least he is trying to work on it, and when your pocket is hit, you tend to pay more attention. so don’t preach the Lakers funeral because one player is missing. Everybody is professional and should be able to step up and do their jobs. I hope things get better for Metta, I hope Kobe has a good scoring night for this last game, because he stayed ahead after missing seven games, so I am hopeful that he can do what it takes to secure it again. I know he says it isn’t important, but he scored his butt off to be ahead, and .11 points behind Durant is not a lot, so hopefully he has a good night in Sacramento. Teams go through ups and downs because you have different personalities. I believe in Metta because he is working on himself and at least acknowledging the fact that he needed to make a change. Some of us stay in denial, but all in all, I believe in the Lakers and I am praying and pulling for them.
Keep it here for up-to-the-minute scores, highlights and analysis as the Los Angeles Lakers host the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Lakers 103 Nuggets 88 Final Score
This game was the blueprint for how Los Angeles must play to win this series. The Lakers shot the ball well connecting on 43 of 86 shots ( exactly 50 percent). Los Angeles won the battle of the boards by a 52-46 margin. Most importantly Los Angeles controlled the tempo and Denver was not able to adjust.
The Nuggets struggled shooting only 35.6 percent from the field. The two spots where Denver needed to have advantages, fast break points and bench points were not big enough advantages to make up for the Lakers superior shooting and rebounding.
Denver had 19 fast break points to Los Angeles’ 11. Denver’s bench outscored Los Angeles’ by a 43-23 margin but the Denver starters were outscored 80-45 by their Los Angeles counterparts.
Two standout players for Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant struggled to find his rhythm but he still led all scorers with 31 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bynum was a dominant defensive presence all afternoon. he finished with 10 points, 10 blocks and 13 rebounds.
Also worth mentioning was Pau Gasol Gasol also nearly had a triple-double. he finished with 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Denver will look to regroup on Tuesday Night when the two teams take the floor for game 2 of the series. that game is scheduled to tip off at 10:30 pm Eastern Time.
Lakers 99 Nuggets 82: 1:58 4th Quarter
Andrew Bynum’s tenth block was an emphatic rejection of Timofey Mozgof with just under three minutes remaining in the game. that tied the single game record. It also gave Bynum a triple-double today.
Lakers fans chant “M-V-P” for Kobe Bryant and he is indeed one of the best to ever play the game but on this day that “M-V-P” chant was more deserved by Andrew Bynum who may be the best big man in the game even when Dwight Howard is healthy.
Lakers 91 Nuggets 72: 6:07 4th Quarter
Two of Denver’s more promising young players have had very rough starts to the postseason.
JaVale McGee has played hard, it’s tough to find fault with the effort but the results have been very slim. He’s 0 for 6 from the floor and has just two points and six rebounds in 15 minutes.
Ty Lawson has also struggled. He’s got five points and one assist on 2 of 10 shooting in 26 minutes.
Andrew Bynum continues to impress. he just broke Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s single game Laker record for blocked shots. Bynum has 10 points, 12 rebounds and 9 blocks, one away from a triple double.
Lakers 85 Nuggets 68: 8:30 4th Quarter
Jeff Van Gundy was just heaping praise on Pau Gasol and it’s hard to find too much fault with what he was saying. Gasol’s game really is stunningly diverse when you consider that he’s a seven foot tall player.
Gasol can pass, rebound, he can create his shot facing the basket, he can put the ball on the floor and he has an impressive array of low post moves. He’s not a physically intimidating shot blocker but he does in fact block shots.
The Lakers have a very unique lineup with two players as gifted as Bynum and Gasol playing at the power forward and center positions.
Lakers 77 Nuggets 64: start of 4th Quarter
Denver has shown a few flashes offensively but it’s just not enough. When they get a chance to push the tempo they appear rushed and have made some careless mistakes.
The Lakers are in control of this game and they’ve done while Kobe Bryant is in the midst of a pretty bad game by his lofty standards.
Bryant has four fouls. He’s 5 of 16 from the floor and has 17 points along with four rebounds and four assists. That’s a line the Nuggets and George Karl would gladly accept but they’re still losing by 13 points as the fourth quarter is set to begin.
One bright spot today has been veteran point guard Andre Miller. The Nuggets few stretches of good offense have come with him running the point. He’s got 8 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes.
Lakers 75 Nuggets 60: 2:02 3rd Quarter
Pau Gasol’s ability to pass the basketball can make for some real pretty post play. those that watched the 1986 Celtics operate with Bill Walton passing the ball to Robert Parish may have had a few flashbacks when Gasol got the ball on the high post and drew a quick double team. he lobbed a perfect pass to Andrew Bynum for an easy alley-oop.
Gasol has a game high seven assists and Bynum has eight points, ten rebounds and seven blocks.
Lakers 71 Nuggets 52: 4:30 3rd Quarter
Fast break basketball is fun but it simply won’t work if you’re not hitting shots and grabbing rebounds. Denver isn’t doing either. The Lakers are shooting 57 percent to Denver’s 37 percent and winning on the glass by a 32-27 margin.
It’s a 21-12 run since the start of the third quarter and Denver is in danger of being totally blown out in game one.
Lakers 62 Nuggets 47: 7:10 3rd Quarter
It’s been a real rough game one for Ty Lawson. The former North Carolina star has had a great season at the point for Denver. This is a new season though. Lawson is 0-6 from the floor with just one assist and two turnovers.
Kobe Bryant continues to place pressure on the Denver defense. He’s not hitting a lot of his shots but he’s getting to the line and he puts pressure on the Denver defense whenever he has the ball in spite of his 4 of 13 day from the field Kobe has 15 points.
Lakers 50 Nuggets 40: Halftime
How does Denver change the pace of this game in the second half? That’s the real question.
You can’t coach size. Yet Denver is going to have to figure out a way to neutralize Andrew Bynum without allowing Pau Gasol an opportunity to get hot as well. Foul trouble, frustration, double teams? those are all possibilities but if Bynum continues on pace for an 18 rebound and 8 block afternoon then Denver is going to have a very hard time coming back.
Adding to Denver’s concern is the Lakers have a ten point lead and have controlled the tempo while Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant are a combined 3 of 14 from the field and have only 10 points. One or more likely both may be in store for solid second halves.
On offense Denver has been led by Dainlo Gallinari who had 13 points on four of seven shooting. The rest of the Nuggets weren’t so impressive hitting only 10 of 32 shots.
Denver will probably try and make a real push to assert control of the tempo right off the bat in the second half. Stay tuned.
Lakers 50 Nuggets 40: Halftime
Denver’s defense has clearly gotten to Kobe Bryant. They’ve been physical with him and in the postseason there seems to be a tendency to allow more contact. Bryant complained to the refs and drew a technical.
Kobe’s offense hasn’t been needed though. The Lakers are winning this on the defensive side of the ball. Denver is 14of 39 from the field. The Nuggets averaged 104 points per game but is on pace to score just 80. there simply is not a path for Denver to win this series if they’re scoring anywhere near 80 points per game.
Los Angeles is shooting 20 of 43 from the floor while winning the battle of the boards 28-20.
Lakers 43 Nuggets 34: 2:55 2nd Quarter
Andrew Bynum is the rare talent that can have a big impact on a game without taking a ton of shots. He’s only taken two shots but he’s nailed both of them. He’s been a monster on the glass with a game high eight rebounds. Bynum also has four blocks and one steal.
Denver has really focused their defense on negating Bryant and Bynum but Devin Ebanks has stepped up. He’s five of six from the field for a game high 12 points.
Lakers 37 Nuggets 31: 5:43 2nd Quarter
It’s clear that the Lakers bench doesn’t score a ton. they have to rebound though, especially on the offensive end. If they don’t then Denver easily gets into their transition game. Andre Miller is a great point guard to have off the bench and he’s been able to dish out four assists in just 11 minutes today.
The Nuggets have to take advantage of the time that Bryant and Bynum spend on the bench. Denver looked out matched when both those players were on the floor in the first quarter.
Lakers 31 Nuggets 27: 8:07 2nd Quarter
As the two benches are now really going head-to-head there are signs of life from Denver. Corey Brewer connected on a three and drew a foul for a four point play. Steve Black has cooled off and Al Harrington has also started to heat up.
It’s 14-4 run to start the second quarter and Denver is right back in the game.
Lakers 27 Nuggets 13: start of 2nd Quarter
The bright spot for Denver? Danilo Gallinari. Gallinari has nine of Denver’s14 points. He’s three of six from the field while his teammates are an anemic two of 14.
For a team that prides itself of balanced scoring and depth their going to need another player or two to step up and hit some shots in the second quarter. Al Harrington or Aaron Afflalo could provide that lift.
Lakers 27 Nuggets 14: end of 1st Quarter
Denver’s strategy seems to be to drive the ball to the rim in hopes that they can get Bynum and Gasol into foul trouble. Gasol is a smart defender and Bynum is one of the most physically gifted centers in the league. Bynum has really improved his defense this season with regards to footwork and discipline as well.
The Lakers have been hitting shots and rebounding. that combination has slowed Denver’s fast break. Steve Blake has come off the bench and hit three of four from downtown. Not the start Denver wanted as their own bench has been outscored by Steve Blake and the tempo and shooting are all working in the Lakers’ favor.
Lakers 15 Nuggets 9: 2:59 1st Quarter
Laker Matt Barnes is on the court. He’s been hurt but he’s a better defensive option at small forward than Ebanks.
As bench players enter the game the pressure will be on Denver to take advantage of what should be their biggest mismatch. Denver’s bench is deeper and has a lot more scoring ability.
So far that hasn’t happened. The Lakers are winning in spite of their turnovers.
Lakers 8 Nuggets 6: 6:01 left in 1st Quarter
As with most veteran teams playing at home the Lakers would love to be able to take advantage of the home court and their experience in the post season. in the early going the execution has been there but the shots haven’t been falling.
Denver’s players might not have experience but their coach does. George Karl is a basketball lifer. a former University of North Carolina basketball players and a disciple of Dean Smith. Karl took the Seattle Sonics to the NBA Finals in June of 1996 where they lost to the Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls.
Karl should be an advantage to this very young Nuggets team.
In the early going both teams have been cold from the floor. The Lakers have gotten some decent looks and missed. They’ve also turned the ball over four times. Denver has faced very good defense from the Lakers in the half court.
Starting Lineups for Today’s Game.
Denver Nuggets ( 38-28, 18-15 away)
PG: Ty Lawson
SG: Aaron Afflalo
SF: Danilo Gallinari
PF: Kenneth Faried
C: Kosta Koufos
Los Angeles Lakers ( 41-25, 26-7 home)
PG: Ramon Sessions
SG: Kobe Bryant
SF: Devin Ebanks
PF: Pau Gasol
C: Andrew Bynum
There are new cars and there are classic cars. The opening round playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets has the aura of a “new car-classic car” showdown.
The Nuggets are the new team. They’ve been to the playoffs before but their players are young. Denver’s style is uptempo and the team scores tons of points. no team in the NBA averaged more than Denver’s 104.1 points per game this season.
The Lakers haven’t just made the playoffs. They’ve won the whole thing. The Lakers have been to three of the last four NBA Finals and have won two of them.
Los Angeles finished 15th in the league in scoring this season. The team isn’t over-the-hill but they don’t have the type of depth that Denver does and that lack of depth will be further exposed with Metta World Peace suspended as a result of his elbow to the head of James Harden last Sunday.
Denver needs this game to be uptempo. The Nuggets can go ten deep and will look to exploit age and a lack of depth by tiring out the Lakers and getting them into foul trouble.
For the Lakers to control the tempo they must rebound the basketball and hit shots. Rebounding is a huge strength of the Lakers. The twin towers of Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol made Los Angeles the second leading rebounding team in the NBA this season and first in the Western Conference.
This game tips off just after 3:30 Eastern Time.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Adults who wish sex-change operation or hormone therapy in Argentina will be able to obtain it as segment of their open or in isolation illness care plans beneath a gender rights law granted Wednesday.
The portion moreover gives people the correct to mention how their gender is listed at the polite registry when their earthy characteristics do not tie in how they see themselves.
Senators granted the Gender Identity law by a opinion of 55-0, with a abstention and more than a dozen senators dogmatic themselves absent – the same border that granted a “death with dignity” law progressing in the day.
President Cristina Fernandez threw her encouragement at the back the law and is approaching to pointer it. she has frequently mentioned how unapproachable she is that Argentina became Latin America’s initial republic to approve happy wedding two years ago, enabling thousands of same-sex couples to marry and suffer the same authorised rights as tied together heterosexual couples.
For many, gender rights were the next step.
Any adult will right away be able to strictly change his or her gender, picture and bieing born name without having to obtain consent from doctors or judges – and without having to bear earthy changes beforehand, as many U.S. jurisdictions require.
“It’s adage you can change your gender legally without having to change your body at all. That’s unheard of,” mentioned Katrina Karkazis, a Stanford University medical anthropologist and bioethicst who wrote a book, “Fixing Sex,” about the medical and authorised treatment of people whose earthy characteristics do not entirely tie in their gender identity.
“There’s a entire set of medical criteria that people have to encounter to change their gender in the U.S., and duration this gives the particular an unusual amount of control for how they wish to live. It’s unequivocally incredible,” she said.
When Argentines wish to change their bodies, illness care companies will have to give them with operation or hormone therapy on demand. Such treatments will be enclosed in the “Obligatory Medical Plan,” that means both in isolation and open providers will not be able to assign additional is to services.
“This law is going to capacitate many of us to have light, to advance out of the darkness, to appear,” mentioned Sen. Osvaldo Lopez of Tierra del Fuego, the usually blatantly happy national lawmaker in Argentina.
“There are many people in our country who moreover merit the power to exist,” Lopez said.
Children moreover obtain a voice beneath the law: Youths beneath 18 who wish to change their genders earn the correct to do so with the consent of their authorised guardians. But if parents or guardians wish a gender identity change and do not have the child’s consent, then a panel of judges contingency meddle to make sure the child’s rights are protected.
Argentina need not fret about immeasurable figures of people rigorous sex changes, Karkazis predicted.
“This isn’t going to emanate a outrageous urge on the national illness network for these procedures. They’re difficult, painful, irreversible. and this is why many people do not do it,” she said.
But because the law says people can legally change their identities without having to bear genital operation or hormone therapy, these changes may be more soft and even reversible, if a few day the person’s self-image changes.
Other countries, inclusive adjacent Uruguay, have transfered gender rights laws, but Argentina’s “is in the forefront of the world” since these benefits it guarantees, mentioned Cesar Cigliutti, boss of the Homosexual Community of Argentina.
“This is indeed a human right: the correct to happiness,” Sen. Miguel Pichetto mentioned during the debate.
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Erika Anderson sat across from Jeffrey Neu at an Indian restaurant in Manhattan’s Flatiron district on a chilly March evening, toying nervously with the scarf around her neck, a sparkly white one on loan from a roommate.
They had exchanged emails for a month. she knew his birthday and where he had gone to law school. they had talked about their careers and their lives in the tri-state area. she, then 25, had even re-read their online exchanges, a miniature study session to brush up on the particulars of Jeff, then 32.
Over dinner, they discussed their food — her first time tasting lamb — and noticed they both had jeans on.
But this night, their first date, was also their first time seeing each others’ faces, deciphering their expressions.
“I looked across (at Jeff) and was like, who is he? Who is this person?” she said later of the evening. “I did know a lot of random facts about him, but I didn’t really know him.” Their fledgling online relationship, though extensive, had not erased her first-date butterflies.
Eight months later, Erika and Jeff were married.
Online dating is a modern paradox. Once widely considered a tactic only for the socially inept or the hopelessly creepy, exploring romantic possibilities online has slowly but surely made its way into mainstream American culture.
But while dating online definitely has its advantages, a new sociological study reveals that many dating sites’ claims — that their services will improve the likelihood of long-term relationship success — are insupportable. in fact, entering the world of online dating presents some very specific challenges that make romantic progress in the 21st century as difficult as ever. and some of the best advantages of online dating are exactly what make it perilous.
A history of online dating
In 1995, when the internet was still in its infancy, social dating consultant Trish McDermott joined a team launching a brand new company: match.com, a service to help single people meet and communicate for romance through the internet.
The idea did not take off right away. “There was a sense that anybody who had to use technology to find love was in some way a loser,” said McDermott. Who would email a potential love interest instead of simply approaching them at a bar or a social event? the answer could only be the geeky, the unsightly or the awkward.
Sending e-cards has become one of the more popular methods of acknowledging events such as holidays, birthdays, and just to say hello. often e-cards have taken the place of traditional cards that involve postage, pen, and stamps. More importantly, sending an e-card can bail you out when you remember that special occasion at the last second. for example, you just recalled today is your Mom’s birthday, she lives 200 miles away and it’s 5:00 PM. What do you do? Send her an e-card.
However, not all e-cards sites are created equally. You go to your favorite search engine and type in, “e-card” and get hit with thousands of results. so, you click a search result that catches your eye. Great, tons of e-cards to choose from. Then you find the most appropriate one only to find out you need to either pay a fee to send the e-card or register with your e-mail and a password or what not. Not only that, but your choices are limited to what may be over done cheesy e-cards with animals and mundane animations that not only bore you to death but might very well bore your recipient into last week.
So, you think to yourself, “Well this dancing bear sucks, but I need to send an e-card, so well, this is better than nothing.”
Don’t worry, there is good news ahead. an entire world of well thought out and truly unique e-cards exist out there. You simply have to go beyond the “e-card’ search engine request to find the real meat and potatoes of free e-cards. Not only are there a plethora of unique, funny, and conversation starting free e-cards out there, many of them don’t charge fees or require you to register with your e-mail address to send them. Yes, there are truly interesting free e-cards out there.
Let’s start with the search. for one, searching on your favorite search engine using “e-card” or “free e-card” may not get you what you want. Try specializing your e-card search. for example if you want to send someone you are divorcing an e-card try searching under, “free divorce ecard” where you may find gems such as www.lamecards.com which has a unique brand of free e-.cards that will catch the eye of your recipient and make them remember the card you sent. Additionally, sites such as LameCards.com don’t charge to send cards and don’t require any form of registration. so specializing your search is key.
Next, using the above, you may find the perfect free e-card site and the perfect card you want to send. however, part of sending the card asks you include your e-mail address as the sender. this is common and almost universal. so, you wonder if by doing so your e-mail is going to be submitted to some e-mail list you don’t want to be part of. that, is a very valid point and one you should consider. so, before you send, check out the free e-card’s privacy statement. It should be posted on their website, usually at the bottom of the page. Read it, and most honest sites will state where or how your e-mail address may be used. for example, the privacy statement on Lamecards.com provides their policy on issues such as, “Lamecards.com does not willingly provide, distribute, or sell e-mail addresses to any outside organizations,” and, “The e-mail addresses you provide upon sending an e-card from lamecards.com will not be used by lamecards.com to send “spam” e-mails from lamecards.com and will not be willingly provided to third parties.” These are important things to look for when sending free e-cards.
In conclusion free e-cards can be fun to send. however, when you send one you want the person to notice that you took the effort to send the e-card and find a good one that would catch their eye. anyone can send those everyday free e-cards from those name brand sites, but they might be seen as the quick and easy route and may also be seen as the boring shortcut. Search wisely, and find those special free e-cards that say, “Yes, I didn’t just send you the first e-card I found.”
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