With Blake Griffin struggling and no once-in-a-lifetime-type photos of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, who would step up to provide the NBA highlights you crave? Enter Derek Fisher, Andrew Bogut, and a couple great finishes.

Kobe Bryant was interviewed by Derek Fisher today on Jim Rome is Burning, and one quote in particular has quickly become a Twitter favorite.

President Obama played ball in front of wounded soldiers at Fort McNair with some of the most talented basketball players in the world, past and present…So how did he choose who would participate in the afternoon hoops? He rewarded his supporters, naturally.

The Lakers, newly minted NBA champions that they are, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel last night to bask in their victory. They also had a chance to laugh at the expense of Ron Artest, who took it upon himself to show up wearing pajama pants.

Anything can happen in a Game 7 – including a nearly John-Starks-level shooting meltdown from Kobe Bryant. Fortunately for the Lakers, they did enough to win their second straight NBA title anyway.

If you’re going to cry after a game, we recommend that you do it in the following fashion:

For all of his wily caginess and old-man YMCA trickery, Fisher simply couldn’t stay in front of anyone through the first three rounds of the playoffs. That changed last night, as Fisher shined, and LA took a 2-1 series lead over Boston in the NBA Finals.

Craig Sager is a man who could be categorized as “sartorially daring.” Because he’s a sideline reporter, the camera often cuts to him suddenly, and the effect on the viewer can be jarring. Last night during Game 5 of the Suns-Lakers game, he was in rare form.