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, […]
Archives for April 2009
Chick Hearn Raps
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 […]
Who’s Next?
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 […]
Lakers/Jazz Game 5 Chat
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 […]
Game Four Thoughts
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 […]
Lakers/Jazz Game Four Chat
UPDATE: Tex Winter, the Laker consultant who is the inventor of the triangle offense, has suffered a stroke. Jackson, talking after a morning shootaround in Salt Lake City, said Winter was in Manhattan, Kan., for a reunion of Kansas State basketball team members when he became ill and fell in the shower. Winter was taken […]
Lakers Lose Playing Jazz’s Game
The Lakers played the game in the exact style the Jazz wanted to play it, that is why they lost Game 3. There were just 88 possessions. There were fouls galore. The Lakers strayed away from their offense because of the physicality. Bynum got in foul trouble and had a horrible game, so when they […]
Lakers/Jazz Game Three Chat
We know that tonight is going to be tough — the Jazz have been taking some heat from their fans about the quality of their play and effort. Boozer, in particular and despite being injured, is getting a lot of flack. The Lakers are going to have to play their best game yet, and here […]
A Few Game Two Thoughts
I think we know this about Utah — this is too good a team to roll over, and they are not going to quit when you get up 20 on them. D-Will doesn’t know how to quit. This isn’t some lottery-bound team without the talent or pride to make a push back, this is a […]
Lakers/Jazz Game Two Chat
It’s a good sign that normally nervous Lakers fans biggest concerns yesterday were whether the fans at Staples should be doing the “We Want Tacos” or “Utah Sucks” chant and if they are in bad taste. (I personally think the second chant is in bad taste, while the tacos just taste bad.) It was a […]