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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 [...]

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 [...]

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.)

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 [...]

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 [...]