[picappgallerysingle id=”7415451″] …they are made in all of the preparation leading up to those decisive moments you remember. Ansel Adams is considered one of the best photographers of all time. He has produced such wonders as Moonrise Hernandez, and this, and this. Ansel always made it clear that photography was not about a lucky moment […]
Lakers vs. Suns live blog powered by nomuskles
[picappgallerysingle id=”3800274″]Otherwise known as Where Amazing Didn’t Happen At All. After getting mauled by the bear that is the Cavaliers and gutting out a win against the Kings, the Lakers swoop into Phoenix to take in their third viewing of The Steve Nash Show. Will the Lakers rise above the ashes or Icarus their way […]
Keeping up with Mr. Kardashian
[picappgallerysingle id=”4179081″] It’s not often that players in the NBA are able to find a true turn-around in perception and production. In 2004-2005, Lamar was struggling like most every other Lakers player. According 82games.com Lamar was not contributing in proportion with his salary. He totaled a 45.9 win% and had a Net48 (points allowed per 48 […]
Sunday Favortism? Not that simple
[picappgallerysingle id=”7076421″] Hardwood Paroxysm recently dug into the scheduling oddities and discovered that the Lakers play 29% of their home games on Sunday. Matt wonders if something fishy is going on. Is the league favoring the Lakers by playing them on Sundays more often than other days? His discussion covered the following: 1. Traveling west […]
Clippers vs. Lakers Live Blog powered by nomuskles
Welcome to the first nomuskles live blog of the year! It seemed like this day would never come! Boston vs. Cleveland Neither team looked incredibly impressive (it’s early) but two things stuck out about Cleveland. Shaq is pretty much his same self and Lebron is getting nastier and nastier. He continued his trend of incredible […]
Lakers at Spurs Live Blog powered by nomuskles
Can the Lakers sustain the momentum they built yesterday against the Rockets or was that an outlier against a downward trend? The Lakers will attempt to answer this question in the positive tonight against the former inhabitants of the cavernous Alamo Dome. A peek behind the curtains: I’m actually doing this live blog after it […]
Lakers vs. Suns 2/26/2009 Live Blog powered by nomuskles
1st Quarter Houston just handcuffed the LeBronsters and we’re going to get started any minute here! We’ve got Kevin Harlan and Doug Collins calling the action tonight. Man I can’t wait! I had this date circled from the very beginning looking forward to seeing Raja Bell get booed heavily, Boris Diaw get his triple double, […]
A Live Blog Special: Examining Andrew Bynum
I owe Mr. Andrew Bynum a half-hearted apology. Half-hearted because he contributes more than I thought, but still has some glaring deficiencies. After the past few games, and really the entire season, I have been a little bit down on the young’n. I believed that his lack of fitness and tenacity have been hurting the […]
Lakers vs. Hornets Live Blog powered by nomuskles
1st Quarter The Space Cadet is starting tonight instead of Ariza or Luke (injured). 12:00 – And we’re off an auspicious start! The jump ball is whistled dead and goes the Lakers way, although I have no idea why and Joel doesn’t bother to tell us why. That’s great. Something confusing happens and neither announcer […]
Lakers vs. Pistons Live Blog powered by nomuskles
Our Lakers are about to face off against the Detroit Smurfs. I mean, the Detroit Pistons. The Lakers are back home on the Staples Center court and one of the side stories tonight is that Mamba will be moving past Larry Legend and possibly The Glove on the all-time scoring list. In my humble opinion, […]