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Records: Lakers 49-24 (3 seed); Wizards 38-34 (5 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 113.9 (4th); Wizards 109.6 (12th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.9 (5th); Wizards 110.2 (19th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf Wizards: Antonio Daniels, DeShawn Stevenson, Caron Butler, Antawan Jamison, Brendan Haywood I’m outta here: I’m going [...]

Records: Lakers 49-23 (3 seed); Grizzlies 12-33 (drafting third, most likely, plus the 27th pick from LA) Offensive ratings: Lakers 114.1 (3rd); Grizzlies 106.3 (22nd) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.7 (6th); Grizzlies 113.2 (28th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf Grizzlies: Mike Conley, Mike Miller, Rudy Gay, Hakim [...]

Just a couple of quick thoughts from other people that I liked today. First up, the incomparable Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don’t Lie about last night’s ugly loss: I’m going to chalk this one up to Los Angeles’ lack of effort, and a bit of hubris. The first part seemed pretty obvious. The latter has [...]

Records: Lakers 49-22 (1 seed); Bobcats 25-44 (12 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 114.1 (3rd); Bobcats 105.1 (23rd) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.7 (6th); Bobcats 110.8 (23rd) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf Bobcats: Raymond Felton, Jason Richardson,Gerald Wallace, Emeka Okafor, Nazr Mohammed Tech problem solved. Well, at least [...]

Got to these late because I stayed up late watching the overtime. UPDATE: Please excuse the technical difficulties with the look of the site. Fixes are being worked on. No, I have no idea why this happened, but I blame Isiah Thomas. • Just how good a passing team the Lakers have become was key [...]