Record: 20-12 (Pythagorean 21-11), 4th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 7-3 Offensive Rating: 111.9 (2nd in league) Defensive Rating: 105.8 (13th in league) The Lakers coming in: I’d love to provide some brilliant, subtle insight into last night’s loss in Portland, but what went wrong was painfully obvious — even Joel Meyers […]
Archives for January 2006
On Tap: The Portland Trailblazers
I’ve been swamped with work the last 48 hours, so I’ve had no time to do a preview (or even read my email). But consider this — in the last two blog polls ranking NBA teams, I’ve had Portland dead last. Portland is 30th in offensive efficiency in the league, 28th in defense. Not a […]
Fast Break
Lately there has been a lot of preview and not enough review on this site, I’ll try to get more done (I do get some in the previews in the “Lakers Coming In†section). Just a reminder, if there are things you’d like to see on the site, suggest it in the comments or drop […]
On Tap: The Indiana Pacers
Record: 18-13 (Pythagorean 19-12), 5th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: 105.7 (21st in league) Defensive Rating: 102.2 (3rd in league) About the Pacers: With Ron Artest, the Pacers were 11-7, without him 7-6, which includes a win last night in Sacramento (a blowout that allowed some key guys to […]
On Tap: The Los Angeles Clippers
Record: 17-13 (Pythagorean 18-12), 6th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 3-7 Laker Record against Clippers: 0-1 Offensive Rating: 105.2 (19th in league) Defensive Rating: 105.0 (10th in league) About the Clippers: After starting the season 14-5, the Clippers have been lost at sea. They are 3-8 in their last 11, including a […]
On Tap: The Philadelphia 76ers
Record: 16-16 (Pythagorean 17-15), 7th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: 111.2 (5th in league) Defensive Rating: 107.6 (20th in league) About the Sixers: For many seasons, Allen Iverson was the poster child for inefficient scoring — he got his points but took an inordinate amount of shots to do […]
My All Star Ballot, Part II
Yesterday, I laid out my ballot for the East. Today, the conference I’m a little more familiar with, the West. Western Conference Guards: Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant. Just missed out, Tony Parker, Chris Paul, Sam Cassell. Yes, it’s a Laker blog, so you knew Kobe was going to get a vote, but I think […]
My All Star Ballot, Part I
We’ve seen enough of this NBA season that I felt there was enough information to sit down and decide who I would want to send to Houston. My first thought was: I’ve been to Houston once, and think of returning as more punishment than reward. I could vote for a team of guys I want […]
Replay: The Utah Jazz
Rather than rewrite everything from the last preview, here are the three things the Lakers need to do the right the wrongs of the loss the other night. They had better, because another close loss with bad execution at the end is sending me into the Glenmorangie bottle. 1) Play better defense. Coming into the […]
On Tap: The Utah Jazz
Happy New Year everyone! Record: 14-16 (Pythagorean 14-16), 9th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 6-4 Laker Record Against Jazz this season: 1-0 (in overtime) Offensive Rating: 100.8 (29th in league) Defensive Rating: 105.1 (12 in league) About the Jazz: The Lakers catch the Jazz in the second game of a back-to-back (they […]