So, kind of like the Lakers did tonight in beating the Clippers 87-86, I’m going to depend on Derek Fisher to bail me out. I could tell you how the Lakers were gassed. How Derrick Caracter turned his ankle and forced Pau and LO both play 40+ minutes and alternate at Center. How the Lakers […]
Game Recap
Lakers/Wizards: Not As Easy As Expected, Still Fun To Watch
Sometimes a game doesn’t quite stick to a script. Sometimes, even when one team is overmatched, a game is close because the team that probably shouldn’t play that well actually does. They make shots, play hard despite having countless reasons to fold up their tent, and compete all the way until the final buzzer. Against […]
Lakers/Rockets: The Losses Continue To Pile Up
In what is becoming a common occurrence, the Lakers lost another close game on Wednesday night (even though the final score doesn’t reflect it). This time the opponent was the Houston Rockets and the Lakers were unable to hold on to a late lead and ultimately fell 109-99 to drop their 4th straight contest. This […]
Lakers/Grizzlies: Let’s Hope This Isn’t A Habit
For the third consecutive game the final buzzer has sounded with the Lakers trailing on the scoreboard. This time it was a two point defeat as the Lakers fell to the Grizzlies 98-96 in a game that might as well been a replay from Sunday’s game against the Pacers. Because while the details of the […]
Lakers/Pacers: Kobe’s Season High Not Enough
The motto we’ve preached at this site for some time has been that the Lakers will go as far as their defense takes them. Tonight, while the Lakers held the Pacers to a respectable 102.5 offensive rating they couldn’t get stops when they needed them and ended up falling to Indiana 95-92 to lose their […]
Lakers/Jazz: Killer B’s Lose 3-Point Sting in Utah
Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images This game began exactly as you’d imagine Phil drew it up. Kobe was an early facilitator, Pau and Odom had things going early and Ron Artest was [some what] involved with the offense. They were playing great team defense, and getting easy buckets on the offensive end. At the end […]
Lakers/Bulls: Killer B’s Save the Day
[picappgallerysingle id=”10266996″] As it turns out, Darius lied about there not being a recap. Like Willis Reed limping out of the locker room in the Garden, I’m here to save the day (or ruin the day, from the Laker perspective?). Speaking of saving the day, the Lakers were kept afloat by Shannon Brown’s red hot […]
Lakers/Timberwolves: The Barnes Supremacy
Tonight, instead of writing the traditional game recap, I’m going to take a look at deconstructing tonight’s simple box score. I’m not taking a look at advanced statistics, just analyzing the Lakers 11th win with a look at the game’s purest statistics: points, rebounds, assists, turnovers and field goals. The game against the Timberwolves wasn’t […]
Lakers/Bucks: 4th Quarter Surge Stops The Bucks
After two consecutive losses one had to figure that the Lakers would enter Milwaukee ready to play and looking to end their losing ways. Mission accomplished. The Lakers have officially bounced back after taking down the Bucks 118-107 to improve their record to nine up, two down on the season. But in the first half […]
Lakers/Suns: Spectacular Shooting Sinks The Lakers
In basketball, they say you live by the three and you die by the three. Well, tonight the Suns lived like rich kings in massive castles constructed on the strength of their hot shooting. They literally could not miss from distance for much of the night and it all led to the Lakers second consecutive […]