From Mike Bresnahan, LA Times: The Lakers swerved unsteadily into an ever-widening valley separating them from a third consecutive championship, their charter flight depositing them Monday at LAX at 3:30 a.m. before they reconvened 10 hours later at their training facility. Sleepy, injured, distracted, confused — choose any descriptor. Few would have predicted it four […]
Archives for April 2011
Looking At Lineups: Which Lakers Bigs Should Be Playing
It’s a common held belief that the Lakers biggest strength is that they have three top level big men that they can deploy in any combination that opponents struggle to match up with. I’ve long been a member of that school of thought and still hold the belief that if the Lakers are to claim their […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Game 4 Reactions
From Brian Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: In Game 3, the Lakers turned the Hornets into a one-and-done group, locking down the defensive glass as New Orleans had only four offensive boards. Sunday, they weren’t nearly as clean. The first half was particularly problematic, when the Lakers delivered the totally non-productive pairing of allowing New Orleans […]
Lakers/Hornets Game 4: It’s A Three Game Series Now
If game 3 was a must win for the Lakers, game 4 was certainly a must win for the Hornets. Going down 3-1 with a game at Staples Center potentially deciding the series would essentially guarantee a series loss for New Orleans and tonight they came out and played like it, answering the call and […]
Lakers/Hornets Game 4 Preview & Chat:
It’s safe to say that any panic that swept through Lakerdom after losing Game 1 only one week ago is long gone by now as L.A. has a chance to put this series to bed with another road win today. Give the Hornets all the credit in the world for scrapping their way to a […]
The Road Warriors
Back when I was a kid, if you were to ask me about the road warriors, I would have thought of Hawk and Animal – the devastating tag team wrestling crew whose nickname “The Legion of Doom” always entertained. Yeah, sue me, I like wrestling. Today, when I think of the road warriors, I think […]
Lakers/Hornets Game 3: Big Win in the Big Easy
This wasn’t the Lakers first win of the series, but it was definitely their first win showing flashes of the championship dominance of the previous two seasons. After the Game 2 win, commenter J.D. Hastings said, “Teams that win ugly win titles.” It can also be said that those very same teams also win on […]
Lakers/Hornets: Game 3 Preview & Chat
When it comes to the playoffs the most important game is the next one. As a series evolves each game becomes the most meaningful for each team as the stakes get raised and elimination is one step closer. Game 3 is no different as it offers both teams an opportunity to take control of this […]
Around the World (Wide Web)
From Andy Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: On two levels, the Lakers’ second unit showed up during the 87-78 Game 2 win over the Hornets. They showed up literally, in that everybody was present and accounted for. Steve Blake was back in uniform after a battle with the chicken pox. And while Matt Barnes participated in […]
More Thoughts On Game 2
Last night’s win is still taking up a lot of space in my crowded brain. So with that, I’ve no choice but to spill out random thoughts about the Lakers’ first win of these playoffs… Pau Gasol is taking a lot of heat for his performance so far this series and based off his stat […]