If you have not seen the news, Kobe Bryant has a strained right groin, something he first got against New Orleans and aggravated in his poor shooting game against Houston. Groin injuries, like hamstring injuries, can tend to linger. And it brings us to a philosophical question in dealing with these injuries during the season: […]
Archives for November 2009
Preview & Chat: The Houston Rockets
Records: Lakers 7-2 Rockets 5-4 Offensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 106.3, Rockets 108.5 Defensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 102.8 Rockets 106 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum Rockets: Aaron Brooks, Trevor Ariza, Shane Battier, Luis Scola, Chuck Hayes The Lakers Coming in: That was not […]
Preview & Chat: The Denver Nuggets
Records: Lakers 7-1 Nuggets 6-3 Offensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 109.2, Nuggets 111.5 Defensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 101.9 Nuggets 108 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum Nuggets: Chauncey Billups, Arron Afflalo, Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Nene The Lakers Coming in: The Lakers rose to […]
Tempered Exuberance
We as Laker fans have a lot of things to be happy about: Our team has only one loss, tied for the fewest so far. Our team has played this well in spite of our 2nd best player having been hurt all season and nobody really knows when he’s coming back. Our team just whomped […]
Game Chat: The Phoenix Suns
Records: Lakers 6-1 Suns 8-1 Offensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 108.1, Suns 115.4 Defensive points per 100 possessions: Lakers 102.5 Suns 108.4 Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum Suns: Steve Nash, Jason Richardson, Grant Hill, Amare Stoudemire, Channing Frye Short preview today as Bill Bridges did […]
The Suns is a Phoenix
Most pundits have been surprised by the Sun’s success this year. These are the same pundits that picked the Lakers to finish 8th or out of the playoffs in 07/08. Of course the Lakers made it to the NBA finals. I’ve watched most of the Suns games this year and their success is not a […]
Artest Is Doing Things Big and Little
Thursday night against the Suns, the Lakers will have Andrew Bynum back in the lineup (no Pau Gasol yet, but people Phil was joking about Christmas), which means we can expect a healthy dose of Kobe in the post, Bynum in the post, Lamar Odom on the boards and — hopefully — continued solid bench […]
The Suns Are 7-1? Seriously?
Thursday’s game is a showdown of Western Conference powers, as much as there can be a showdown in November (which is to say not much of one). But if before the season we’d said showdown of WC powers, you would have assumed it was the Lakers playing the Spurs, Nuggets or Blazers. The Suns? I […]
Get Well Cap
Laker legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar announced in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that he is battling Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia. It’s a relatively mild form of cancer that usually can managed through daily medication, but it is something that Kareem will have to have watched for the rest of his life. All […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Centers? We don’t need no stinkin’ centers. • This season, 36% of Kobe’s shot attempts have come out of the post. Last season that was 14%. • I don’t expect the percentage to stay that high for Kobe when Gasol and Bynum return and need post touches — Phil Jackson said as much postgame the […]