It sure didn’t take long for Kobe to get back into the swing of things. A 32-7-6 line and a game winning three-pointer in his return after missing five games was impressively seamless – however, the fact that Bryant had to bail the Lakers out for the fifth time this season was much less impressive. […]
Archives for February 2010
Lakers/Grizzlies: Kobe Closes Door In The Clutch
[picappgallerysingle id=”7001948″] What a finish. In what is becoming standard operating procedure in games that the Lakers play against the Grizzlies, this game was a close one that came down to the final possession. Only, in this game, there wasn’t a Kobe pass and an Artest miss. It was all Kobe and he left no […]
Preview and Chat: The Memphis Grizzlies
[picappgallerysingle id=”7779434″] Records: Lakers 42-14 (1st in the West), Grizzlies 28-27 (tied for 10th in the West, 13.5 games behind Lakers) Offensive ratings: Lakers 109.0 (9th in NBA), Grizzlies 108.4 (12th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 101.9 (2nd in NBA), Grizzlies 109.6 (24th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers News, League News
Again, there isn’t too much Lakers’ news this Tuesday morning outside of Kobe definitely playing tonight in Memphis against the Grizzlies. Land O’ Lakers has some post practice interviews from Ron Artest, Phil Jackson and Pau Gasol where they collectively talk about Kobe’s return to the line up, the game against Memphis, and Marc Gasol. […]
What It Means As We Welcome Back Kobe
[picappgallerysingle id=”7626386″] As we’ve been reading for the past couple of days, all indications point to Kobe returning against Memphis on Tuesday. Obviously, this is great news for the Lakers as the team is finally getting it’s key players healthy for their late season push into the playoffs. We all know that Phil Jackson loves […]
Around The World (Wide Web) Kobe Update, Lakers Better Without Kobe?, Trades
There hasn’t been much news on the Lakers front since the team hasn’t played since their Thursday loss to Boston, but we did learn over the weekend that Kobe is (hopefully) on his way back into the Lakers lineup for their Tuesday matchup in Memphis, where the Lakers lost earlier this month. He was able […]
Fast Break Thoughts: Checking In On the Traded
Despite there not being any Lakers games since Thursday’s game against Boston, their have been a few interesting developments around the league over the past couple of days – especially in regards to some of the guys that changed area codes before the Thursday trade deadline. So, here are a few random thoughts on what […]
Saturday Special: That Kobe Guy
Light day today for Lakers news, so I thought I would try to find something worth watching on Kobe. Turns out, me and commenter jeremyLA24 were thinking the same thing this morning. So while I tip my cap to Jeremy, you can grab some popcorn, take 10 minutes and watch this video. Simply put, Kobe […]
How Trades Affect the Lakers
[picappgallerysingle id=”3375754″] If the playoffs were to start today, the Lakers would face Portland in the first round. And if the first round held its form with the higher seeds winning the series and advancing to the next round, the Lakers would then face Dallas. If we extrapolate this same line of thinking to the […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Lakers/Celtics Reactions and Analysis
With 2.2 seconds left in the game and the Lakers down one, I was baffled during the timeout. I had NO idea who Phil Jackson was going to diagram a play for – it was definitely Kobe time, but Kobe was in street clothes. And after Ron Artest inbounded the ball, Derek Fisher – who […]