Record: 37-29, 4th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: 108.8 (10th in the NBA) Defensive Rating: 106.6 (14th in the NBA) Laker’s playoff chase: The Lakers are up 1.5 games against fading New Orleans and 2 games on Utah. The Lakers, by the way, still play the Hornets twice, including [...]
Record: 33-28 (30-31 Pythagorean) 3rd seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: 105.5 (21st in the NBA) Defensive Rating: 105.6 (10th in the NBA) As Jim Mora would say, “Playoffs?” The Lakers head out on a tough road trip with a slim cushion — basically one of those little pads you [...]
With an already thin Laker lineup seemingly getting thinner by the day without Chris Mihm and Devean George, Phil Jackson has had to get creative to find a group that works. For example, starting classic energy-off-the-bench-guy Ronnie Turiaf against Minnesota last night (that may also have been a lesson to Brian Cook about playing defense [...]
I’m posting this before the first game of the NCAA tournament, but that headline should be accurate within 24-48 hours. Just for the record, I have a Final Four of Texas, Kansas, UConn and Villanova. (Yes, I have Texas beating Duke. Yes, I know Duke beat them by 31 this year.) I have Texas taking [...]
Record: 26-36, 12th seed in the West, 5.5 games back of the Lakers Record last 10 games: 3-7 Laker record against Wolves: 0-3 Offensive Rating: 104.6 (25th in the NBA) Defensive Rating: 106 (12th in the NBA) Always look on the bright side of life: After a loss like last night, then having to play [...]
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