As much as I am confident the Lakers will win today, there is a sense of nervousness around a game seven. Because anything can happen. We want more Ron Artest from the Rockets, but he is fully capable of having one of those games where his poor shot choices are falling. There are a lot […]
Archives for May 2009
“Kobe Doin’ Work” Thread
This is a nice diversion leading up to game seven, and I’m looking forward to seeing it. (I am not going to see it tonight, I am gone to a Long Beach State athletics fundraiser, but it will be soon.) Talk about the show, the upcoming game and more. And try to relax before tomorrow.
Opportunity Knocks, Lakers Don’t Open Door
What was disappointing and frustrating about the game six loss is that the Lakers had their chances. This never felt like game four, in the first half the Lakers simply were not hitting their shots (and not working to get them from good spots on the floor), they were not creating the turnovers that have […]
Lakers/Rockets Game 6 Chat
First, yesterday the conversation in the comments turned to Phil Jackson and his coaching style — is part of the reason for the Lakers inconsistency based on Jackson’s laidback style during games? I’ve always thought that Lakers fans desire to see a coach pace the sidelines and yell a little is more based on the […]
Game 5 and Acceptance
Nearly a year-and-a-half ago I came to a rather Zen acceptance of Lamar Odom for who he is as a player — both brilliant and mercurial. They are part of the same package, the yin and the yang. As a whole, he paints a fantastic picture, but if you live and die with him day […]
Lakers/Rockets Game 5 Chat
I really am not worried about the Lakers focus or effort tonight. That may sound weird after the last two days where in all of Lakerdom, the team was bashed for its flat effort Sunday. But for anyone who followed the Lakers this season, that effort was almost predictable. Just as predictable, after a flat […]
It’s Not The End Of The World, But It’s Not Good
UPDATE: The official word on Lamar Odom’s injury: According to Lakers spokesman John Black, results of Lamar Odom’s Monday morning CT scan and MRI are that he has a lower back contusion (bruised back). His status for Tuesday evening’s Game 5 vs. Houston – which tips off at 7:30 p.m. – is questionable, and his […]
Lakers/Rockets Game 4 Chat
I think everyone with an emotional interest in this series is sad to see Yao Ming go down with the broken foot and be out. He had played with the heart of a lion, a real warrior, and he was just great to watch as a fan of the game of basketball. In the preview […]
On Chuck Daly’s passing…
The game we watch today has Chuck Daly’s fingerprints all over it. From the ticky-tack nature of assessing what level of physicality is allowed to the way Kobe is guarded. It was Daly’s Bad Boys who, along with the Knicks and Pat Riley, turned the game “ugly” in the late 80’s and early 90’s by […]
Game 3 Thoughts: I’ll Have Another Just Like That One
First things first, RIP Chuck Daly. A fantastic coach who by all reports was a better person. • One of the media mantras was “the Lakers can’t win unless Kobe stays hot on jumpers.” Well, he didn’t in game three. He started out hot, 5 of 6 and setting the tone, but after that he […]