Be glad you didn’t have to watch this. (Thanks to Gorilla Mask for the link.)
Archives for January 2005
On Tap: The Utah Jazz
If you were going to play one team when you’re leading scorer will be watching the game with his ankle elevated and iced, the worst defensive team in the league would be your top choice. Welcome to Los Angeles, Utah Jazz. Glad to see you. The Jazz give it up so easily you’d think they […]
Perimeter Defense
I kept asking it, poster gatinho asked it, I think everyone was asking it — where was Sasha in the second half of the Golden State game? Rudy T. gave him the start, and then never played our favorite rookie in the second half, opting instead for Tierre Brown. I think the answer is defense. […]
On Tap: The Golden State Warriors
Bill Simmons calls it the Ewing Theory, and we’ll see if it applies to the Lakers starting tonight. The idea is simple — when a team’s superstar goes down everyone else steps up, without him to rely on they aren’t lazy and are more relaxed and creative. (Sorry about that link being subscription, but talk […]
Kobe Out Five Games, Maybe More
Doing their best Matt Leinart imitation, Laker doctors asked for more time. The official word after the MRI is that Kobe did indeed suffer a severe ankle sprain and he will be re-evaluated in 72 hours. The one move the Lakers did make was to put him on the IR, which means he will miss […]
Television and Radio Notes
Two things of interest in the LA Times Media column today: 1) KCAL (channel 9) is again going to start tape-delaying Laker games on the East Coast — games that start at 4 p.m. Pacific will now not start on television until 5:30 p.m. Five games will meet this criteria, starting Feb. 9 against New […]
Anticipation
A few thoughts while waiting for Kobe’s MRI results: • I’m not as optimistic as Kobe about the severity of his injury after his post-game quotes: “Crunching, instant throbbing. A lot of pain right now. I can’t hop on one leg. My foot, when it’s not weight-bearing, kind of jiggles a little bit, and that […]
No Time To Panic. Yet.
Kobe went down in the first quarter with what is being called a severe ankle sprain, rolling it when he came down with a rebound and Ira Newble was under him, Kobe’s foot landing on Newble’s. X-rays were negative, nothing broken, and the MRI is tomorrow. (I will scour the Web/radio tomorrow and post the […]
On Tap: The Cleveland Cavaliers
Forget all the hype around Christmas Day, this was the game I have been most looking forward to this season. This is the game I wanted tickets to. (I had to pass due to a work situation. I need to quit this job and blog full time — I’m just six numbers away.) LeBron James, […]
Turnovers
Last night, the Lakers had16 turnovers to Denver’s 11, and many of those Laker flubs came early in the game when Denver took the big lead it never surrendered. So far this season, the Lakers are losing the turnover battle on a nightly basis by an average of 3.3. That goes a long way to […]