While Kurt’s in Las Vegas, and yet not in Las Vegas, he’s letting me, Gatinho, take another swipe at this … Last night’s game: Tired legs, bad shot selction, porous defense, residual negativity from the Sac loss, let’s just take our lessons from these two games and move on. This loss was more expected, but […]
Archives for January 2006
On Tap: The Phoenix Suns
First things first: About the worst thing to face on the second game of a back-to-back is the team that plays at the fastest pace in the league. The Suns average five more possessions per game than the Lakers and if it is played at their pace things could get ugly. Speaking of ugly, did […]
Ouch!
A bet is a bet, so below is photo courtesy Tom at Sactown Royalty. (Some thoughts on the frustrating loss and the game tonight coming up this afternoon.)
On Tap: The Sacramento Kings
Record: 16-21 (Pythagorean 14-23), 12th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 6-4 Offensive Rating: 107.6 (12th in league) Defensive Rating: 108.5 (20th in league) The Lakers coming in: The Miami game was one of the more complete Laker games of the season — sparked by good defense, particularly in the first half. A […]
Kobe Makes His Teammates Better
The conventional wisdom in the mainstream media is that Kobe is a ball hog. “Why can’t he make his teammates better, like all the greats did?†they ask. Well, he does. Over at 82games.com, friend of this site Kevin Pelton did the detailed work and it shows that when Kobe is on the floor, all […]
Feeling Better?
Last season at this point, the Lakers were 22-16, actually one game better than the 21-17 record they have so far in 05-06. That said, how much better do you feel about this year’s squad? I have three good reasons for optimism: 1) Last year the Lakers were winning in spite of their defense —they […]
On Tap: The Miami Heat
Record: 23-15 (Pythagorean 24-14), 2nd seed in the East Record last 10 games: 7-3 Offensive Rating: (110.1, 7th in league) Defensive Rating: (104.7, 6th in league) First, some FB&G site news: Today was the day that we’re unveiling an exclusive sponsor here at FB&G, Pony Shoes. For those of you who either are bloggers or […]
Resisting Temptation
Poster “Gatinho” (Ga-cheen-yo) dropping in with an in house report from last night’s game. The seats were good, but nobody should have to look at the back of Tim Kawakami’s head for three hours. The cliche says “Live by three, die by the three,” and that is exactly what the club from Oakland did last […]
On Tap: The Golden State Warriors
Consider this a short preview with a bunch of other stuff thrown in. Record: 17-18 (Pythagorean 17-18), 9th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 3-7 Offensive Rating: 106.6 (15th in league) Defensive Rating: 108.7 (20th in league) The Lakers coming in: Hopefully the Lakers learned this lesson against Portland: They can’t look past […]
Fast Break
It’s not often the over-hyped games turn out to be entertaining, but the Laker/Cavs game lived up to that. A few thoughts from the game, and other stuff. • Sure it’s the one-on-one match up fans wanted to see, but why did Cleveland switch and put LeBron James on Kobe for those last three shots? […]