Lakers 102, Spurs 93: Bynum Injured, All Eyes Turn To Wednesday's MRI

Tweet Andrew Bynum was born on October 27, 1987, in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Andrew Bynum was an American professional basketball player that plays on the National Basketball Associatation (NBA) for the Los ANgeles Lakers team. In 2006, Andrew Bynum was listed as 7 feet tall and weighing 275 pounds.

The Lakers, on the other hand, are still jostling for position and had to play their regulars, proving costly as Bynum went down with a hyperextended right knee in the second quarter. Bynum will have an MRI on Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury. Los Angeles is tied with Dallas for second place in the West and can secure the spot with a win over Sacramento in Wednesday's regular season finale.

Andrew Bynum awkwardly sprawled onto the court, staying down for an uncomfortably long moment. The 7-foot center then walked cautiously to the locker room with more than one teammate staring at his perpetually problematic knees.

If the Spurs and Bulls finish with the same record, every tiebreaker is even, so a random drawing would determine who got homecourt advantage in the NBA finals – a nonexistent concern to Popovich, a four-time NBA champion.

The Lakers’ hopes for a third straight NBA title might have taken a significant blow when Bynum fell to the court after stepping on DeJuan Blair’s foot during the second period. The shot-blocking 7-footer will have an MRI on Wednesday while the Lakers wrap up the regular season at Sacramento.

Bynum said after the game he expected he would be OK and available for the start of the playoffs, which Lakers coach Phil Jackson did say was reason for optimism. But Jackson said there is a chance Bynum could have a bone bruise that costs him “a couple games,” even if there is no ligament or cartilage damage found.

LeBron Throws Ball At Celtics Player, Scuffle Breaks Out

Tweet A scuffle broke out under the basket late in the second quarter of Miami's 100-77 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

LeBron James carries the Heat with 27 points, eight assists, five rebounds, four steals and a block. In a bizarre game chock-full of turnovers and bad shots and loose-ball free-for-alls, LeBron is the one guy who outshines everyone else.

Ray Allen scored 25 points and hit two 3-pointers, leaving him two shy of breaking Reggie Miller's NBA career record of 2,560. Paul Pierce added 22 points and Kevin Garnett grabbed 14 rebounds for the Celtics, who dressed only 10 players.


"I thought it was all theatrical, all the crap. I guess that's called toughness these days," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said after the game. "Two guys run into each other, we've got to call a flagrant foul, which I thought was a joke. And I thought the reactions by both were a joke."