[picappgallerysingle id=”8152878″] On Thursday, Silver Screen and Roll (a great site, by the way) put up a post that spoke about how much Derek Fisher is hurting the Lakers and asked the question of whether he was hurting the team more on offense or defense. It was well written and brought up a lot of good points about […]
Archives for March 2010
Lakers/Suns: The Return of Balance
[picappgallerysingle id=”2465308″] When the ball moves and everyone gets involved, the Lakers are a tough team to beat. Phoenix found that out this evening as all five Lakers starters scored in double digits and the Lakers held on to defeat the Suns 102-96. A quality win against a game opponent on their home court. A […]
Preview and Chat: The Phoenix Suns
[picappgallerysingle id=”3011104″] Records: Lakers 47-18 (1st in West), Suns 40-25 (6th in West, 7 games behind Lakers) Offensive ratings: Lakers 108.8 (11th in NBA), Suns 114.4 (1st in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.4 (2nd in NBA), Suns 110.9 (29th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum […]
Around the World (Wide Web): The State Of The Lakers
The Lakers recent three-game losing streak and subsequent last second win against the Raptors has garnered a lot of talk about the “state of the Lakers.” It’s not a secret, the Lakers have struggled of late. They aren’t the dominant road team of a year ago, they aren’t as hungry as a year ago, and […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Some random thoughts while I watch Orlando demolish Chicago on TNT… *Late last night I finished watching the Magic/Bird HBO documentary “Courtship of Rivals”. I must say that this was one of the finest sports documentaries I’ve ever watched. There was so much to like that I really didn’t have a favorite moment or clip, […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Kobe, Lamar and Magic
Usually, when an NBA team has a day off, there isn’t much to talk about, discuss or debate. However, this isn’t always the case with the Lakers simply because the team features one of the most talked about, discussed and debated athletes of the past 15 years. He’s the culmination of success and failure, he’s […]
The Recent Struggles of Ron Artest
[picappgallerysingle id=”8198549″] Tonight, starting around 10pm Pacific time, FB&G will be down for a few hours for server maintenance. I apologize for any inconvenience that this causes. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming… Lately, the Lakers have not been playing that well. We all know this. They’re 5-5 in their last 10 games and, against […]
Around the World (Wide Web): The Good, The Bad and The Game Winner
THE GOOD Not just in last night’s game, but in recent Lakers’ games, I’ve been really impressed with how Andrew Bynum has started games. He’s coming out playing very aggressive and his game stands out more in the first six minutes of basketball games than it does at any other point in the game. Last […]
Lakers/Raptors: Kobe Does It Again
[picappgallerysingle id=”8099644″] Kobe. Bean. Bryant. Simply put, the man is amazing. With 9.5 seconds left on the clock and the game tied, Kobe received the inbounds pass on the right sideline, paused, escape dribbled to the right, rose up and nailed a ridiculously tough fading baseline twenty footer to sink the Raptors. In what has […]
Preview and Chat: The Toronto Raptors
[picappgallerysingle id=”314900″] Records: Lakers 46-18 (1st in West), Raptors 32-29 (6th in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 108.6 (11th in NBA), Raptors 111.0 (5th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.2 (2nd in NBA), Raptors 112.4 (30th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Raptors: Jarrett Jack, DeMar […]