Opening Night Chat
Archives for October 2010
Opening Night Preview and Chat
Our long, long wait is over. Basketball is back, opening night is here, and the Lakers are headlining the night as they face off against the Rockets. Banner #16 will be raised and big diamonds will be passed out to all the players as a reminder of what last year’s team accomplished and as a reinforcement for what this […]
Around the World (Wide Web) Finally, It’s Opening Night
From Brian Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: A week ago, after an 82-74 preseason loss to the Jazz at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Kobe Bryant unburdened his knees, the right one still recovering from offseason surgery, of their standard postgame ice wrap and wandered to his locker and the assembled media. He was, as he […]
2010-11 Season Preview
Our wait is nearly over. Tomorrow night the Lakers begin their pursuit of a third consecutive championship. There is no better time to be a fan of the Lakers and in a league that has reshaped itself in the hopes of dethroning the champions, this season promises to be as exciting as any we’ve seen […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Opening Night Eve
From Sebastian Pruiti, NBA Playbook (with video): The Los Angeles Lakers seem to be one of the only teams that can run the triangle offense successfully. The triangle is an interesting set because there seems to be two basic motions, and then that’s it. There is a lot of freelancing off of these two motions, […]
Fantasy Hoops With FB&G
Yeah, you read that title right. Forum Blue & Gold has started a fantasy basketball league and you can be part of it. Sadly, not all of you, but if you’re reading this now, click this link and see if you were one of the first 15 people to join my 16 team league. You’ll […]
Lakers Come Back To Win In Preseason Finale
The Lakers closed out their preseason in style, winning 105-102 against the Warriors. In a game where Monta Ellis looked like Allen Iverson circa 2001 and where the Lakers trailed for nearly the entire night, I must say this was one of the more satisfying preseason games that I can remember. Because even though overtime […]
Preseason Finale: Lakers vs. Warriors Preview and Chat
For the second time in a week, the Lakers will play consecutive games against the same team in back to back nights. This time, they close their preseason schedule with a game against the Warriors. And since we just did this last night and the Lakers won the game with relative ease, I’m going to […]
Around The World (Wide Web)
Some goodies floating around on the (current and former) Lakers of late so let’s get right into it… *Mark Medina has 5 take aways from last night’s game vs. the Warriors including thoughts on Shaw as a head man and Shannon showing that he is, in fact, a better player coming into this season. *The K-Brothers over […]
Lakers/Warriors Thoughts
Over the past few days, I’ve questioned when this Lakers team was actually going to play like the season starts next week. It turns out, Thursday night was that night as the Lakers pulled away from the Warriors in the 2nd half to win going away 120-99. It was a strong showing all around as […]