Sometimes a game doesn’t quite stick to a script. Sometimes, even when one team is overmatched, a game is close because the team that probably shouldn’t play that well actually does. They make shots, play hard despite having countless reasons to fold up their tent, and compete all the way until the final buzzer. Against […]
Preview and Chat: The Washington Wizards
[picappgallerysingle id=”9945107″] Records: Lakers 14-6 (4th in the West), Wizards 6-13 (13th in the East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 115.2 (1st in NBA), Wizards 103.5 (26th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.8 (12th in NBA), Wizards 111.6 (28th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Wizards: John Wall, […]
What’s Wrong With Ron Artest?
One of the undertold stories of this Laker campaign is how Ron Artest is playing. This makes sense considering sexier stories surrounding Kobe’s shooting, Gasol’s minutes, the play of the bench, and Bynum’s knees have been such major parts of the Lakers’ start to the season. Plus, when you throw in the Lakers’ strong start and then […]
Saturday Special: The Highlights Tell The Story
When recapping yesterday’s Lakers/Kings game, I mentioned that it’s tough to take too much away from this game. The Kings are a bad team that are trending even further downward and they showed little fight in a contest where they got down early. So while it was a blowout win for the Lakers that showed […]
Lakers/Kings: What Losing Streak?
I think that the Lakers need to win big. This is a team that the Lakers have to jump on early, and ride the momentum throughout. The starting five have been playing way too many minutes as of late. We haven’t seen the taco unit end a game since the afore mentioned game against the […]
Lakers/Rockets: The Losses Continue To Pile Up
In what is becoming a common occurrence, the Lakers lost another close game on Wednesday night (even though the final score doesn’t reflect it). This time the opponent was the Houston Rockets and the Lakers were unable to hold on to a late lead and ultimately fell 109-99 to drop their 4th straight contest. This […]
Preview and Chat: The Houston Rockets
[picappgallerysingle id=”10069165″] Records: Lakers 13-5 (4th in the West), Rockets 5-12 (12th in the West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 115.2 (1st in NBA), Rockets 107.3 (13th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.2 (11th in NBA), Rockets 110.1 (25th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Rockets: Kyle Lowry, […]
Around The World (Wide Web)
Some quick hitting links today as we’re all looking forward to getting last night out of our system with a game tonight. However, we take one last look at the Memphis game by going around the world (wide web)… *Losing three straight game is frustrating, especially when the losses come in a manner where they […]
Lakers/Grizzlies: Let’s Hope This Isn’t A Habit
For the third consecutive game the final buzzer has sounded with the Lakers trailing on the scoreboard. This time it was a two point defeat as the Lakers fell to the Grizzlies 98-96 in a game that might as well been a replay from Sunday’s game against the Pacers. Because while the details of the […]
Preview and Chat: The Memphis Grizzlies
[picappgallerysingle id=”10129566″] Records: Lakers 13-4 (2nd in West), Grizzlies 7-10 (11th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 115.5 (1st in NBA), Grizzlies 104.6 (23rd in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.8 (11th in NBA), Grizzlies 106.1 (12th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Grizzlies: Mike Conley, Xavier Henry, […]