It’s said that revenge is a dish best served cold. Tonight the Lakers proved that saying true as they got their payback against the Bobcats but did so by shooting only 38% from the field and playing a pretty poor game on offense overall. But that performance was good enough to take down the ‘Cats […]
Preview and Chat: The Charlotte Bobcats
Records: Lakers 43-19 (3rd in West), Bobcats 26-34 (9th in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.7 (2nd in NBA), Bobcats 103.5 (25th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 104.8 (10th in NBA), Bobcats 106.9 (14th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Bobcats: DJ Augustin, Gerald Henderson, Stephen […]
How Important Is The 2nd Seed To The Lakers?
There are exactly 20 games left in the Lakers’ regular season. That’s 20 games to shore up any issues that they have and go into the post-season playing as well as they can be. That’s also 20 games to either rise or fall in the playoff standings as the jockeying for seeding comes down to […]
Fast Break Thoughts
*We didn’t recap yesterday’s game, but here are a few thoughts: First, there will be games where the Lakers don’t shoot well and yesterday was one of those games. Credit a packed in ‘Wolves defense that tempted outside shots for some of this, but in the end there were still good looks that the Lakers […]
Preview and Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Records: Lakers 42-19 (3rd in West), T’Wolves 14-46 (15th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.8 (2nd in NBA), T’Wolves 104.8 (24th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.0 (10th in NBA), T’Wolves 110.9 (26th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum T’Wolves: Luke Ridnour, Wesley Johnson, Michael Beasley, […]
Should Kobe Bryant Guard Point Guards More Often?
Defending point guards has long been an issue for the Lakers. Derek Fisher is a good defender is several ways – he’s a bulldog fighting through screens, he’s still a master at drawing offensive fouls, and there are few players I’d trust more as the last man back in a 2 on 1 or 3 […]
Lakers/Thunder: This Game Proves LA Is Rounding Into Form
Resiliency. This is a trait that every championship team needs and the Lakers seem to have found their storage supply since coming back from the all-star break. After coming back from a big deficit in Portland earlier in the week, the Lakers again tapped into their reserves and held on against the Thunder and win […]
Preview and Chat: The Oklahoma City Thunder
Records: Lakers 41-19 (3rd in West), Thunder 36-21 (4th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 111.9 (2nd in NBA), Thunder 110.5 (10th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.1 (11th in NBA), Thunder 108.3 (16th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Thunder: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin […]
Lakers At The Movies
Mike Crowder returns for another piece here at FB&G. With the Oscars coming up tomorrow and the Lakers considered (to a certain extent) “Hollywood”, Mike takes a look at the Lakers at the movies. Enjoy. As fans, we seek to understand our athletes. We want to know why they do what they do. We want […]
Lakers/Clippers: A Tale Of Two Power Forwards
Long story short, the Lakers beat the Clippers 108-95 to earn their third consecutive win and continue their post all-star break turnaround that has them on the right track in their push for the post-season. And while Kobe was brilliant in the third quarter outscoring the Clippers 18-17 all on his own – making a […]