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barça beat the lakers

Posted in sport, travel, tagged barcelona, Basketball, Catalonia, event, FC Barcelona, Juan Carlos Navarro, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, NBA, Palau Sant Jordi, Pau Gasol, Sport on October 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Just a quick update as promised. The Catalans managed to overcome the L.A. Lakers 92-88 in the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona last night. 16,236 fans packed the arena to see the current N.B.A. champs in action against the European title holders.

Local boy Pau Gasol topped the L.A. scoring, total bagging 25pts, whilst Pete Mickael (26pts) and Juan Carlos Navarro (25pts), helped Barça to home victory.

Both teams looked a bit ragged at times and L.A. superstar Kobe Bryant is still along way from his best after his knee surgery, but that didn’t stop the home fans from enjoying a fabulous nights entertainment.

Click the link below for a full report and some video, including a cracking passing move and dunk from Barcelona.

FINAL SCORE

92 – 88

Match Report

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the lakers come to town

Posted in sport, travel, tagged barcelona, Basketball, Catalonia, event, FC Barcelona, James Worthy, kmatourism, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, Larry O`Brien Trophy, NBA, Palau Sant Jordi, Pau Gasol on October 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Current N.B.A. champions the L.A. Lakers are in Barcelona to play the local boys in a pre-season friendly. The game will be played tomorrow (Thursday 7 October) at the Palau Sant Jordi, next to the Olympic Stadium on Montjuïc. The two teams met in Los Angeles in 2008, with the home team coming out on top 108 – 104.

Current L.A. star Pau Gasol will line up, with Kobe Bryant, against his old club and with all 15,000 tickets sold, it will be an amazing atmosphere inside the venue.

To celebrate the game, in La Avenida Reina Mariá Cristina, there is the N.B.A. Fan Zone, which is open to all. Using the Palau Nacional as a backdrop, there are various stalls and courts, allowing wannabe hoopsters a chance to dunk, dribble and drain basketballs to their hearts content.

Legs

We sneaked out the office for a couple of hours to join in the fun, which included seeing Laker legend James Worthy, the Larry O’Brien Trophy and of course the Lakers Girls.

Backboard 2