Records: Lakers 27-13 (6 seed); Mavs 28-13 (3 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.1 (7th); Mavs 114.2 (2nd) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.6 (7th); Mavs 107.7 (15th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown Mavs: Devin Harris, Eddie Jones, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Eric Dampier Lakers Notes: Kobe is starting [...]
That is what good teams look like in the playoffs. Not the Spurs of the first half, who floated semi-aimlessly around the court. Rather, the team that came out in the third quarter and cranked up the defensive pressure. They pressured the ball, and Fisher made some ill-advised passes (a couple long ones up the [...]
Records: Lakers 27-12 (3 seed); Spurs 26-13 (6 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 112.1 (5th); Spurs 111.0 (8th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.4 (6th)(; Spurs 104.4 (4th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown Spurs: Tony Parker, Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen, Jeremy Richardson, Tim Duncan (they can call him a [...]
The first two times the Lakers played the Nuggets this season, Denver wanted to make sure Kobe didn’t beat them. It’s a strategy a lot of teams have used over the last few years — make those other guys around Kobe step up and win the game. That strategy doesn’t work anymore. Even without Bynum [...]
Records: Lakers 26-12 (5th seed); Nuggets 24-15 (4th seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.8 (6th); Nuggets 109.4 (14th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.4 (7th); Nuggets 105.3 (6th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown Nuggets: Allan Iverson, Anthony Carter, Linas Kleiza, Carmelo Anthony, Marcus Camby Yes, the records and seedings [...]
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