After back to back blowout losses – at home, no less – it’s obvious to any basketball observer that the Lakers are playing poorly. In the past few weeks, they’ve played below a “championship standard” and while wins have come, the caliber of basketball played has been mediocre at best. During this period, I’ve often […]
Archives for December 2010
Around the World (Wide Web)
From Mark Heisler, LA Times: Happily for the Lakers — or as happily as anything can be now — they don’t have to worry about beating Miami in the Finals. Who said the Lakers will make the Finals? One game never means anything, even if it’s on Christmas and bidding on EBay for two courtside […]
Lakers/Heat: Why Did I Stop Opening Gifts For This Game?
When as many things go wrong as they did against the Heat and the Lakers get blown out on a Christmas for the second straight year, it’s difficult to find a place to start an analysis of the game. The Lakers simply ran into a team that’s playing much better than they are and the […]
Preview and Chat: The Miami Heat
Records: Lakers 21-8 (Third in West) Heat 22-9 (Second in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 109.2 (Third in NBA) Heat 108.8 (Fourth in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.0 (Tenth in NBA) Heat 97.3 (Second in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Heat: Carlos Arroyo, Dwyane Wade (or […]
In A Game Of Stars, I’ll Be Watching The Coaching Match-Up
[picappgallerysingle id=”8163867″] Those that follow this site know that I’m a fan of X’s and O’s. When I watch games I often put most of my focus on the action taking place off the ball in order to see how the players are deployed and what wrinkles are implemented to make a play successful. I’m […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Getting Ready For The Heat
[picappgallerysingle id=”8164110″] From Mark Medina, LA Times: The Lakers trickled out one by one to the media appearing as excited about the Christmas Day game against the Heat as they did facing the Boston Celtics in the 2010 NBA Finals. Read that on face value, and you’d think Phil Jackson suggested a certain Heat player has […]
My Love/Hate Relationship With Christmas Day Games
I’m not going to lie. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I get that extra time with my family and the great food of Thanksgiving plus gifts like it’s my birthday. I love walking into my parent’s house and seeing the done up tree and smelling fresh cookies that were just baked. If there’s a better […]
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From Mitch Lawrence, Fox Sports: A Lakers-Heat showdown in Tinseltown might be just what all NBA fans want for Christmas, but here’s what we have to say about a Lakers-Heat Finals for this June: Bah! Humbug! Call me Scrooge, but just because the league’s two marquee teams are playing on Saturday doesn’t mean that Kobe […]
The Makelele Role and Pau Gasol
[picappgallerysingle id=”9035058″] A while back me and one of my good friends from college and fellow Laker fan, Mike were talking about him contributing some to this site. He’s always had a great sense in looking at basketball and is someone that I try to touch base with throughout the season to talk Lakers and […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/Bucks Reactions
From Janis Carr, OC Register: Phil Jackson didn’t have to caution his players about overlooking the Milwaukee Bucks. They understood the pratfalls of playing the lowly Bucks, a sub-.500 team that was missing two key players four days before Christmas. The worry was that Tuesday’s game fell between the end of a six-game trip and […]