Records: Lakers 44-19 (3rd in West), Spurs 51-11 (1st in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.5 (3rd in NBA), Spurs 111.6 (2nd in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 104.6 (8th in NBA), Spurs 103.9 (7th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Spurs: Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Richard […]
Archives for March 2011
Lakers/Bobcats: It Wasn’t Pretty, But Lakers Still Streaking
It’s said that revenge is a dish best served cold. Tonight the Lakers proved that saying true as they got their payback against the Bobcats but did so by shooting only 38% from the field and playing a pretty poor game on offense overall. But that performance was good enough to take down the ‘Cats […]
Preview and Chat: The Charlotte Bobcats
Records: Lakers 43-19 (3rd in West), Bobcats 26-34 (9th in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.7 (2nd in NBA), Bobcats 103.5 (25th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 104.8 (10th in NBA), Bobcats 106.9 (14th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Bobcats: DJ Augustin, Gerald Henderson, Stephen […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Since The All Star Break…
From Brian Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: Thursday afternoon in El Segundo, Derek Fisher was asked what accounts for the team’s strong second halves since the break, particularly against Oklahoma City and Minnesota: “[We] understand it’s a 48 minute game. I think we’ve done a good job of trying to win the game in the first […]
How Important Is The 2nd Seed To The Lakers?
There are exactly 20 games left in the Lakers’ regular season. That’s 20 games to shore up any issues that they have and go into the post-season playing as well as they can be. That’s also 20 games to either rise or fall in the playoff standings as the jockeying for seeding comes down to […]
Fast Break Thoughts
*We didn’t recap yesterday’s game, but here are a few thoughts: First, there will be games where the Lakers don’t shoot well and yesterday was one of those games. Credit a packed in ‘Wolves defense that tempted outside shots for some of this, but in the end there were still good looks that the Lakers […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/’Wolves Reactions
From Andy Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: It took nearly three quarters before the Lakers finally looked like the Lakers at the Target Center. After tying the game at 58 with a 15 footer, Kobe Bryant drilled a three pointer and set up Lamar Odom at the rim with a slick fake shot-pass. The flood gates […]
Preview and Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Records: Lakers 42-19 (3rd in West), T’Wolves 14-46 (15th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.8 (2nd in NBA), T’Wolves 104.8 (24th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.0 (10th in NBA), T’Wolves 110.9 (26th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum T’Wolves: Luke Ridnour, Wesley Johnson, Michael Beasley, […]
Around the World (Wide Web)
From Broderick Turner, LA Times: The Lakers’ four-game winning streak since the All-Star game seems attributable to their stifling defense, which has held opposing teams to 90.8 points a game in that stretch.?? Or maybe not — at least in the eyes of Lakers Coach Phil Jackson. He sees it more as a result of […]