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Records: Lakers 8-1 Suns 8-4 Offensive ratings: Lakers 108.9 Suns 108.7 Defensive ratings: Lakers 94.8 Suns 105.7 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Suns : Steve Nash, Raja Bell, Matt Barnes, Amare Stoudemire, Shaq Daddy Note to the mainstream media covering the game tonight: The vast majority [...]

I just got done checking the NBA Rulebook, and it turns out the NBA does not award style points. So, while we Lakers fans can nit-pick another win, remember that this team did what it needed to do — they stuck with the game plan and got the bigs involved early and often, they forced [...]

Records: Lakers 7-1Bulls 5-5 Offensive ratings: Lakers 109 Bulls 103.5 Defensive ratings: Lakers 93.9 Bulls 102.1 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Bulls Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon, Loul Deng, Drew Gooden, Joakim Noah Lakers notes: After beating up the Lakers offense in a couple of posts around [...]

The Guru, The Godfather, The Teacher… A hall-of-famer who coached teams to an NIT championship, NCAA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal, Pete Newell’s impact on the game we all love should come out of the shadows now that he has passed away. His first success would come coaching the USF Dons when he would [...]

Nomuskles called it a “lopsided polygon,” but whatever term you want to use what the Lakers have been running on offense of late is not the triangle. The off the ball movement is minimal (particularly with the starers) and the passing that made this team a joy to watch late last year has been replaced [...]