It was ugly, but there are two things I’ll add to that. First, there are some boxers that make a fighter look awkward, win or lose nobody looks good fighting them. The Bulls are like that — their defense and hustle can make a team look out of sorts. Second, and more important, a win […]
Archives for November 2006
Preview & Chat: The Chicago Bulls
Test Time. The Lakers beat the Raptors Friday night because, well, they were the Raptors, not because the Lakers played well. This week they can’t do that, starting tonight they have four games against quality teams – the Bulls, the Clippers, the Jazz and the Nets. I’ve got more on it a LAist, but think […]
Talking Lakers/Raptors
Friday night’s Laker win was certainly not a game they’ll want to keep a copy of at the basketball Hall of Fame, it was pretty ugly. But there were things to talk about, such as Kobe reaching 17,000 points or Chris Bosh now with three-point range. So, Ryan at Hoops Addict and I did, you […]
Preview & Chat: The Toronto Raptors
81? Nah, not going to happen again, at least not tonight. But the Raptors do struggle to defend the two (PER against of 18.3), so Kobe should do well even with the sore knee. They are also struggling to cover the opposing center, a PER of 19.3 against, so watch out for Bynum. Well, let’s […]
Pick up the pace
Regular commenter here Rob has been keeping a close eye on the Lakers stats this season and sent along a few thoughts, which I’m posting for general consumption. GENERAL There is one very important stat that seems to predict whether the Lakers win or lose. You might be surprised to find out it has nothing […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Just clearing out the inbox and some stuff shoved in the corner of my brain. UPDATE: Reminding us that for all the little things not quite coming together yet, now is a good time to be a Laker fan, Roland Lazenby has a new post up at his blog that is great. The Running Game, […]
Getting The Point
Kobe moved to the initiator spot out on top of the triangle Sunday night, Odom moved onto the block and the triangle returned to shape against Memphis. I remember someone floating this idea in the comments a week or two ago (I couldn’t find it), and I balked because I am among those who instinctively […]
Preview and Chat: The Memphis Grizzlies
About that last game. This was one of those games that last season Kobe would have just taken over, scored 50 and at least kept it close. Right now, he is not capable of doing that. Again Odom made a couple nice plays to start the game then faded (and again had a tough defensive […]
Preview & Chat: The Detroit Pistons
Bet the Over. It’s early, so let’s not read a lot into this, but right now the Lakers are second in the league in offensive efficiency at 108 (points per 100 possessions), while Detroit is fifth (105.2). And neither team is playing great defense. What’s the Under/Over on Ts? Four games in, Rasheed Wallace has […]
Thank You
Today is the two-year anniversary of Forum Blue & Gold, and I just wanted to quickly say thank you to all of you who have made this place a regular stop. The comments that came in last night are a perfect example of why I’m proud of what this little blog has become. In case […]