As the old saying goes, defense wins championships. And since the mantra of the site is “the Lakers will only go as far as their defense will take them”, I think it’s best to start our Finals preview with the the Lakers D when the Celtics have the ball. If the Lakers are to win [...]
Today has been one of those days where too many things are going on and I haven’t had time to get to the things that I’d like to. That means I’m still working on the Finals previews as there is information that I’m still gathering that I think will be useful for you, the readers. [...]
For nearly every Lakers fan, the first thoughts about the Finals match up with the Celtics are memories from 2008. Revenge is on the mind and we’re all a bit blood thirsty. But when we at FB&G start to roll out out series previews, we’ll be looking heavily at the two regular season games [...]
The Lakers are going back to the Finals.
Exactly one year (to the day) after beating the Denver Nuggets and advancing to its second consecutive Finals looking to right the previous year’s wrong, the Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 111-103 in game 6 of the WCF and are now going to their third consecutive championship series and looking to [...]
There are few things as difficult as winning a closeout game on the road against a strong home team. And since this is the exact scenario that the Lakers face this evening, we can only expect this to be the most difficult game of the series. The Suns are facing elimination and they have a [...]
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