Wearing a Lakers’ jersey invites scrutiny. The team has produced many great players, but none have been immune to being second guessed at some point in their careers. Ask Kobe the “ballhog”. Or Magic after he “choked away” the ’84 Finals. Kareem and Shaq also received their fair share of blame for Lakers defeats during their tenure […]
Archives for January 2011
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From Kevin Ding, OC Register: A month after the Miami Heat brought a snowstorm to Staples Center on Christmas Day by blowing through the Lakers, the Boston Celtics tagged them with another confidence-quaking home loss. Out for revenge for their 2010 NBA Finals loss, the Celtics dominated the second half for a 109-96 victory over […]
Lakers/Celtics: Lack Of Execution Dooms Lakers
Team brilliance will always trump individual brilliance. The Lakers learned that lesson (again) when they fell to the Celtics 109-96. Really the key to this game was the fact that down the stretch the Celtics pounded away with their deliberate offensive sets and smothering D while the Lakers’ offense stagnated into a Kobe-centric attack while […]
Preview & Chat: Lakers and Celtics
Records: Lakers 33-14 (2nd in West), Celtics 35-11 (1st in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 112.6 (1st in NBA), Celtics 108 (12th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 104.7 (9th in NBA), Celtics 100.1 (2nd in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Celtics: Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul […]
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From Andy Kamentzky, Land O’ Lakers Blog: The Lakers swore during Thursday’s practice nobody was looking ahead to Sunday’s showdown with the Celtics. After this debacle, I’m hoping it was the opposite. I’d like to believe everyone wasn’t just looking ahead, but actually played while picturing Celtic heads on the bodies of each King. In […]
Lakers/Kings: How To Not Win A Game
Coming into this contest I thought there was a great chance that this could be a trap game. With the Celtics coming into to town on Sunday, I thought it’d be very easy for the Lakers to only go through the motions versus the Kings, simply relying on talent in the hope that outclassing the […]
Preview and Chat: The Sacramento Kings
Records: Lakers 33-13 (2nd in West), Kings 10-33 (14th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 112.7 (1st in NBA), Kings 102.5 (26th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 104.5 (8th in NBA), Kings 108.0 (16th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Kings: Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih, Omri […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Is Kobe Clutch?
(Below, Henry Abbott takes a look at the reality of Kobe’s clutch time greatness, or lack thereof.) From Henry Abbott, TrueHoop: Ask pundits. Ask general managers. Ask players. Ask almost anybody. Who would like to have take the last shot with the game on the line? Kobe Bryant wins by a country mile. Every time. […]
Ron Artest Is Finding His Groove
For most of the year, a topic of (at least some) concern has been the play of Ron Artest. In early December we covered the topic and ultimately came to the conclusion that Ron wasn’t playing as poorly as some of his numbers looked and that a lot of what we were judging Ron’s performances on were based […]
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(Land O’ Lakers had this clip of Phil Jackson talking about a potential retirement after this season on their site yesterday. This interview was conducted in December, so some of you may have already seen this, but for those of you who haven’t, enjoy!) Yesterday, Forbes released their NBA franchise values yesterday and the New […]