Records: Lakers 5-3; Bulls 2-6 Offensive ratings: Lakers 109.2 (11); Bulls 94.9 (29) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.9 (18); Bulls 103.3 (11) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Brian Cook, Kwame Brown Bulls: Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas (a guess), Andres Nocioni, Ben Wallace Lakers Notes: Take the season +/- numbers […]
Archives for November 2007
View From Behind The Bench
Friend of the site Nate Jones — better known as Jones on the NBA, he of his own blog and Fanhouse — sat behind the Lakers bench last night. He posted some observations in the comments that I thought deserved their own space. I sat right behind the Lakers bench last night. First of all, […]
Game Preview & Chat: The Detroit Pistons
Records: Lakers 4-3; Pistons 6-2 Offensive ratings: Lakers 108.1 (11th); Pistons 111.3 (4th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.2 (18th); Pistons 103.4 (12th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Vladamir Radmanovic, Kwame Brown (this is a big of a guess, but Phil Jackson said yesterday he did not want Odom at the four […]
The Good and The Bad
Since this is the NBA and not, say, platform diving, there are no style points awarded with wins. Which is good, because while the Lakers were doing something with a high degree of difficulty — a back-to-back in Texas — they got the win that was far from graceful in Houston. And we’ll take it. […]
Game Preview & Chat: The Houston Rockets
Records: Lakers 3-3; Rockets 6-2 Offensive ratings: Lakers 109.1 (8th); Rockets 107.2 (14th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 107.4 (19th); Rockets 101.6 (5th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf, Chris Mihm (I guess, I have no idea what Phil will do at the five) Rockets: Rafer Alston, Tracy McGrady, Shane Battier, […]
Game Preview & Chat: The San Antonio Spurs
Records: Lakers 3-2; Spurs 6-1 Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.5 (5th); Spurs 110.8 (7th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.7 (18th); Spurs 100.2 (6th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf, Kwame Brown (although it could be Mihm) Spurs: Tony Parker, Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, Fabricio Oberto Lakers Notes: Everyone is […]
Anatomy of a Turnover
The Lakers had 18 turnovers against the Timberwolves Friday night, emblematic of the way 17.7% of the team’s possessions end in a turnover (20th in the league). How did they happen? Often because the Lakers made a bad decision in transition, sometimes because the extra pass in the lane went array. Here is a breakdown […]
Rust? What Rust?
There were things during last night’s game that, if they continue, will be a big problem in Texas next week (*cough, turnovers, cough*) but last night was about what Lamar Odom brought to the table. He had 18 points on 70% shooting, had 10 rebounds and was a team best +22. He had a one […]
Game Preview & Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Records: Lakers 2-2; Minnesota 0-3 Offensive ratings: Lakers 110.8; T-Wolves 105 Defensive ratings: Lakers 108.6; T-Wolves 114.5 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf, Chris Mihm Minnesota: Sebastian Telfair, Rashad McCants, Ryan Gomes, Greg Buckner, Al Jefferson Lakers Notes: Lamar Odom returns tonight and will start, moving Luke Walton to […]
Stung By Hornets
There were a couple of key things I took away from the loss to the Hornets Tuesday night: 1) It’s all about the defense with this Laker team. We knew that — it was my mantra this summer — but sometimes a little reminder helps. After four games (a very small sample) the Lakers defensive […]