Box Score: Lakers 92, Nuggets 88 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.2, Nuggets 103.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.1%, Nuggets 49.6% The Good This was the type of game the Lakers wanted to play. It was on their favored slow pace instead of the breakneck speed the Denver Nuggets wanted to do. The Nuggets fought valiantly, yes, […]
Archives for May 2012
Game 4 Preview and Chat: The Denver Nuggets
Game 4 offers the Lakers a chance at redemption from their poor performance just two days ago. In that contest, the Lakers played a particularly undisciplined game and credit the Nuggets for taking advantage (and then some). The Nuggets played harder, smarter, and executed their game plan better. As much as I can look at […]
Game 3 Preview & Chat: The Denver Nuggets
“A series doesn’t start until the home team loses”, the old saying goes. Tonight, then, offers the Lakers the chance to not only start this series, but effectively end it. No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series so tonight’s contest is as close to an elimination game […]
Friday Forum
After two solid wins at Staples, the Lakers appear tonight in the mile high city for Game 3 of the first round series. It’ll be a different atmosphere – Denver crowds are notoriously loud and energetic, and the team itself desperately needs a boost. Whether it’s Ty Lawson getting hot, Aaron Affalo finding a way […]
The Breakdown: Keeping Afflalo From Kobe
After two games in Los Angeles, the Lakers are heading out to Denver to play a Nuggets team that is sure to make some adjustments being down 2-0 in the first round. The Lakers earned their 2-0 advantage after a historic night from Andrew Bynum, some deft passing from Pau Gasol, unexpected, good play from […]
Fast Break Thoughts
A few thoughts on the Lakers and the rest of the league before we talk about Kobe’s offense this afternoon… I love the playoffs. I love how the coaches make adjustments, how players raise their games, and how every night there’s another match up between two good teams that can turn into a classic. But, […]
Wednesday Storylines
Game two of the Lakers/Nuggets first round series is in the books with the home team holding court. The Lakers let a 19-point lead slip away, but managed to hang on for the win during a lively fourth quarter. Kobe Bryant had a superb game, and the setting will now shift – the Lakers play […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 2): Just Buy Your Tacos
Box Score: Lakers 104, Nuggets 100 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 111.8, Nuggets 107.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.7%, Nuggets 52.2% Seeing as the two other playoff games earlier tonight couldn’t hold home court, we’re all hoping it’s a different story in Staples Center. THE GOOD And well… it showed early that this was JUST a bad […]
Game 2 Preview and Chat: Lakers vs. Nuggets
Well, that was fun. A year after a playoff home opener in which they were brutally craved up by Chris Paul and after a(nother) regular season in which a double-digit leads made frequent cameos but were often unable to carry a show, on Sunday the Lakers physically dominated an overmatched foe in a manner that […]