The Los Angeles Lakers continue their up and down season, both in games won and lost and within the games themselves, often swinging wildly from quarter to quarter. At their best, they are an elite team – currently in 3rd place in the west and certainly in contention for a championship run. When not at […]
Archives for March 2012
Lakers/Rockets: L.A. Is Not Clutch City
Box Score: Lakers 104, Rockets 107 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 114.3, Rockets 117.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 60.1%, Rockets 62.3% So much for momentum after that terrible home loss against the Utah Jazz. Maybe they only turned it over 23 times in 3 quarters in this game! And maybe Kobe Bryant made four shots to improve […]
Preview and Chat: The Houston Rockets
Records: Lakers 28-17 (3rd in West), Rockets 24-22 (8th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 103.9 (16th in NBA), Rockets 105.1 (10th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 101.3 (9th in NBA), Rockets 105.1 (17th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Steve Blake, Kobe Bryant, Matt Barnes, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Rockets: Goran Dragic, Courtney Lee, Chandler Parsons, Luis Scola, Samuel Dalembert Injuries: Lakers: Metta World […]
The Gray Area Of Clutch Performance
I’m not a big fan of the meme surrounding clutch play. I’ve found that too often people who toil in the territory of claiming or refuting who is and who is not clutch do so at the expense of at looking at the entire game. That possessions that happen outside of the accepted construct (5 […]
Lakers/Jazz: Kobe’s Bad Night + Sloppy Play = Loss
So much for building on the momentum the Lakers had going coming into the game. After winning 5 straight, the Lakers lost only their 3rd home game of the season (and gave the road weary Jazz only their 6th win away from Salt Lake all year) by falling 103-99 to the Jazz. There’s really not […]
Preview & Chat: The Utah Jazz
Records: Lakers 28-16 (3rd in West), Jazz 22-22 (9th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 104.1 (17th in NBA), Jazz 105.7 (8th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 101.4 (9th in NBA), Jazz 106.5 (23rd in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Steve Blake, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Jazz: Devin Harris, C.J. Miles, Josh Howard, Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors Injuries: Lakers: […]
Steve Blake To Continue Starting
Mike Brown has named his starting point guard for the “foreseeable future” and it will be Steve Blake. From Dave McMenamin at ESPN Los Angeles: “I don’t want to guarantee anything or put anything in stone because I don’t know if it’s healthy to do that all the time,” Lakers coach Mike Brown said following […]
Lakers/Wolves: New Lakers In Sessions
Box Score: Lakers 97, Wolves 92 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 106.6, Wolves 101.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 56.4%, Wolves 47.7% The trade deadline is gone. For months (heck, for years), us Laker fans knew what we wanted. What we really, really wanted. We wanted a much better PG. The deadline cost the Lakers Derek Fisher. But […]
Preview and Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Records: Lakers: 27-16 (3rd in West), Timberwolves: 22-22 (9th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers: 104.1 (17th in NBA), Timberwolves: 105.1 (11th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers: 101.4 (10th in NBA), Timberwolves: 104.2 (15th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Steve Blake, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Timberwolves: Luke Ridnour, Martel Webster, Wesley Johnson, Kevin Love, Nikola Pekovic Injuries: Lakers: none; Timberwolves: Ricky Rubio (Out), Michael Beasley (Questionable) The […]
Friday Forum
It was one of the stranger trade deadlines, for the league and for the Lakers. The blockbusters never went down – D-Will stayed a Net and D-12, after going back and forth like a radio dial, finally said he had wanted to stay all along. For Laker fans, the news that a deal had been […]