Last night’s loss to the Heat was, needless to say, a tough one to stomach. The Lakers just aren’t supposed to lose these kind of games. A strong fourth quarter comeback, Kobe finding his stroke and a game-tying jumper from Kobe to send it into overtime usually equals a win. Not last night. The Heat […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers and League News
With not much Lakers news (by not much, I mean, almost none), I’ll leave you with some links from around the league. The Lakers had the day off yesterday and will play in Miami tonight on TNT at 5 p.m. PST. – A Stern Warning has some highlight clips of Shannon Brown from Tuesday night’s […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/Pacers Reactions
There isn’t much I can say about last night’s game that Darius didn’t touch on. The Lakers struggled early, but a 26-6 run in the third led to the 122-99 route of the Indiana Pacers. Kobe still had an off shooting night (five for 14), but got to the line frequently (14 of 15). Jordan […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers Begin March
Today, the conjectural March toward the playoffs begins. When the NBA first released the schedule, I scanned it loosely until I got to this month, March, where that little @ symbol appeared at a higher rate than it did any other month. Over 73 percent of the Lakers games are going to be on the […]
Around The World (Wide Web) Lakers/Nuggets reactions
The Lakers didn’t play their best basketball over the weekend, and during some stretches, they played absolutely terrible, but it’s Monday, and the Lakers finished the month of February with two huge wins against the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets. I’m not going to discredit the importance of the Sixers game, because every game […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Defense, Wild Animals
The Lakers had Thursday off after back-to-back road games to help their bodies rest for tonight’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers which means that there isn’t really much Lakers’ news for this morning. However, Los Angeles Times Mark Medina had an early morning post about how the Lakers’ defense has suffered since the return of […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Lakers/Mavs Reactions, Jerry West
For most of the season, the Lakers have played some of their best basketball coming out of the half, extending leads they already had or taking leads from opponents. That wasn’t the case last night. Then again, this definitely wasn’t the first night that the Lakers struggled in the third – like they did in […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Kobe Returns, Hits Another Game Winner
It sure didn’t take long for Kobe to get back into the swing of things. A 32-7-6 line and a game winning three-pointer in his return after missing five games was impressively seamless – however, the fact that Bryant had to bail the Lakers out for the fifth time this season was much less impressive. […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers News, League News
Again, there isn’t too much Lakers’ news this Tuesday morning outside of Kobe definitely playing tonight in Memphis against the Grizzlies. Land O’ Lakers has some post practice interviews from Ron Artest, Phil Jackson and Pau Gasol where they collectively talk about Kobe’s return to the line up, the game against Memphis, and Marc Gasol. […]
Around The World (Wide Web) Kobe Update, Lakers Better Without Kobe?, Trades
There hasn’t been much news on the Lakers front since the team hasn’t played since their Thursday loss to Boston, but we did learn over the weekend that Kobe is (hopefully) on his way back into the Lakers lineup for their Tuesday matchup in Memphis, where the Lakers lost earlier this month. He was able […]