Comments on: Sunday Favortism? Not that simple

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By: Sedale

Sedale — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:31:59 +0000

If a player is out partying late into the night before a game (especially a Lakers game which you’re more likely to lose) then I have to question that player’s sense of professionalism. I understand this view disregards what really happens, but to point number 3: It’s not the Lakers fault if the other team is out partying, that’s an internal, team affair.

If anything, teams may have a slight advantage because the Lakers/Clippers host several back to back games that requires no travelling.

By: jakegasol

jakegasol — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:11:34 +0000

Well… this is Global Warming stats at its best… they don’t prove or mean anything.

There is no comparison of the percentage of 29% to what other teams have. So there is not an ounce of proof of favoritism.

In addition, a Saturday game would be jsut as bad as a Sunday one.

Also, playing on the weekend lessens the time difference burden on east coast teams because the games are earlier.

This is bad science

By: chibi

chibi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:54:58 +0000

#11/Gatinho

A “Laker” was also a kind of freighter used on the Great Lakes.

I’d thought this was the sense of the word, much in the same way the Clippers are named after a kind of boat.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:53:46 +0000

Knicks preview up.

By: inwit

inwit — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:44:45 +0000

To rehash points already made:

Golden State typically plays several home games on Saturday night, most teams have certain days for home games. No big deal.

As I recall from back “in the day”, I could get in trouble as easy on a Friday night as on a Saturday night ….

Not only the time loss going east, but western conference teams have larger geograhpical distances between cities (especially when back to backs are involved). This is more wear and tear as the season goes on.

By: j.d. Hastings

j.d. Hastings — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:39:07 +0000

After so many years I have to imagine Knicks fans understand their plight and are watching just because they like good basketball. Why else would Spike Lee agree to talk to Kobe after the game in public???

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2009/11/kobe-bryant-and-spike-lee-postgame-roundtable-chat.html

I also wanted to find video of Mike D’Antoni talking about how he and the Suns always “bust” the Lakers in the Playoffs.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:29:52 +0000

I wrote a longer response on HP and I forgot to copy it before I posted, and it’s stuck in moderation hell. And in the immortal words of Inigo Montoya “Let me ‘splain… no, there is too much. Let me sum up.” My points, in a nutshell, were these:

1) Much ado about nothing. Of the 12 Lakers Sunday home games, 9 are 6:30 PM starts. The other 3 are 12:30 starts against Western Conference teams.

2) Like everyone has already said, it’s far easier to travel West than East, especially if you’re an NBA player. This is proven anecdotally by how many stinkers the Lakers have put up over the years when they have played a 12:30 EST start. Usually they have one a year (against NY, Philly, or Toronto it always seems like) and they play horribly because they’re still asleep.

3) Any discussion about scheduling advantages that doesn’t acknowledge the significant advantage Eastern teams have is automatically invalid. Not only do they have much shorter trips on average, but they only have to go to the altitudes of Denver and Utah half as many times as Western teams do.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:21:50 +0000

LOL @j.d.
And that’s sad but true if one is a Knick fan.

By: j.d. Hastings

j.d. Hastings — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:20:03 +0000

Here’s my in depth Knicks preview for everybody until the real one comes up:

No Knicks player can guard any Lakers player.