[picappgallerysingle id=”7774565″] As the old saying goes, defense wins championships. And since the mantra of the site is “the Lakers will only go as far as their defense will take them”, I think it’s best to start our Finals preview with the the Lakers D when the Celtics have the ball. If the Lakers are […]
Archives for May 2010
A Programming Note…
Today has been one of those days where too many things are going on and I haven’t had time to get to the things that I’d like to. That means I’m still working on the Finals previews as there is information that I’m still gathering that I think will be useful for you, the readers. […]
Remembering The Regular Season
For nearly every Lakers fan, the first thoughts about the Finals match up with the Celtics are memories from 2008. Revenge is on the mind and we’re all a bit blood thirsty. But when we at FB&G start to roll out out series previews, we’ll be looking heavily at the two regular season games between […]
Lakers/Suns Game 6: Kobe Closes The Door, Lakers Clinch
[picappgallerysingle id=”8953281″] The Lakers are going back to the Finals. Exactly one year (to the day) after beating the Denver Nuggets and advancing to its second consecutive Finals looking to right the previous year’s wrong, the Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 111-103 in game 6 of the WCF and are now going to their third consecutive […]
Lakers/Suns: Game 6 Preview & Chat
[picappgallerysingle id=”8938896″] There are few things as difficult as winning a closeout game on the road against a strong home team. And since this is the exact scenario that the Lakers face this evening, we can only expect this to be the most difficult game of the series. The Suns are facing elimination and they […]
Thanks For The Tip
I don’t know about you, but I’m still reliving and celebrating Ron Artest’s put back to win game 5. Not only was that Ron’s biggest single play in his short tenure with the Lakers, but it was a very meaningful basket for this team with ramifications beyond just a single victory. Sure, the basket only […]
Around the World (Wide Web): The Ron-Ron Redemption
THE BLOGS From Henry Abbot, Truehoop: With about a minute left in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Pau Gasol chased down an offensive rebound in the corner. Steve Nash is loaded with veteran tricks. Gasol had his back turned. Nash resolved to get a steal by sneaking up behind to poke it away. […]
Lakers/Suns Game 5: Overcoming Adversity
There are so many things to say about this game. It was exciting. It was hard fought. It was high quality basketball. It was two teams understanding the importance of the contest and then playing their hearts out to try and bring home the victory. In the end, the Lakers were the team that came […]
Lakers/Suns: Game 5 Preview & Chat
[picappgallerysingle id=”8914579″] For a while now, the mantra of FB&G is that the Lakers will go as far as their defense takes them. When the Lakers are dialed in on defense, they’ll always have a chance to win and more often than not will pull out the victories they need. Against the Suns, the defense […]
What Would Tex Say?
[picappgallerysingle id=”7945538″] All basketball fans have been heartened over the news over the last 6 months or so that Tex Winter is doing so much better. Since he is doing better and presumeably watching Phil Jackson’s team, we can guess that Phil and Tex have spoken recently about the problems Phoenix’s zone defense has posed […]