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Since a disproportionate number of Lakers fast breaks end up in pull up jumpers, I thought today I would rename my usual Fast Break Thought collocation of notes to honor the PUJUT. • With all this time off, Andrew Bynum is getting plenty of special attention regarding his lackluster performance in the Utah series. I, [...]

Looks like we have a little time on our hands — the NBA has announced that whatever happens in the Portland/Houston series, the second round starts Monday in Los Angeles. Only Andrew Bynum’s knee and Luke Walton’s ankle are happy about that decision. Rather than pick apart flaws, I figure we can relax for a [...]

Not everything was pretty about how the Lakers beat the Jazz — unless you enjoy giving up leads just to live dangerously — but in the end just about everybody on the planet said the Lakers in five and the Lakers won in five. They looked dominant at times doing it, and the bench was [...]

The toughest win to get is the last one. Doesn’t matter where the game is played, what happened before, teams pick it up a notch when their season is on the line. No Luke Walton tonight (and maybe through the first couple games of the next round), which means more minutes and a bigger game [...]

First, a few thoughts from our resident historian Gatinho on the stroke suffered by Tex Winter: Tex played at USC, coached against Wilt at KSU, coached the Houston Rockets for 2 years and his offense has been the chosen offense of 9 NBA championship teams. His “overload” offense, kerned from Sam Barry at USC, was [...]