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 […]
Lakers/Thunder: Elbow To The Thunder’s Head
BOX SCORE: Lakers 114, Thunder 106 (2OT) This isn’t going to be the normal good/bad/ugly recap like you normally see out of me. I suppose you can say that I’m mailing in my recap much like the Lakers did today against the Thunder. Until the 4th quarter, that is. Of course, we’ll have to talk […]
Lakers/Nuggets: The Matt Barnes Show
Box Score: Lakers 103, Nuggets 97 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.8, Nuggets 104.3 True Shooting %: Lakers 63.3%, Nuggets 50.9% For the fourth straight game, the Lakers were going to be without Kobe Bryant, who was still out with tuberculosis or whatever that shin injury is called. Looks like it was up to the other guys […]
Lakers/Spurs: Club 17 Paint Job
Box Score: Lakers 98, Spurs 84 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.1, Spurs 94.4 True Shooting %: Lakers 53.5%, Spurs 50.6% The Lakers faced San Antonio for the first time this season. Kobe was still out. The Spurs rested Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili in the previous game so they would feel more fresh. We […]
Lakers/Hornets: What Matters Is Victory
Box Score: Lakers 93, Hornets 91 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 113.4, Hornets 111.0 True Shooting %: Lakers 59.1%, Hornets 55.4% The Lakers have lost two straight coming into this game against New Orleans. At this point, there are no sure wins for the Lakers, even if it’s against the team with the worst record in the […]
Lakers/Suns: Defense Is A Foreign Word
Box Score: Lakers 105, Suns 125 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.5, Suns 131.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 52.0%, Suns 63.4% The outlook went from bad to worse with Kobe becoming a late scratch in this game due to… uh… tenosynovitis. In other words, his shin is bothering him. Meanwhile, the Suns are fighting for a playoff […]
Lakers/Rockets: Club 17 In Effect Again
Box Score: Lakers 107, Rockets 112 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.1, Rockets 113.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 58.2%, Rockets 60.3% Lakers had a four-game winning streak coming into this while the Rockets are fighting for their playoff lives. Also of note? The Rockets won their last meeting against the Lakers. L.A. hoped for a different result […]
Lakers/Clippers: Battle Of L.A. 2012, Part 3
Box Score: Lakers 113, Clippers 108 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 121.5, Clippers 116.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 63.1%, Clippers 54.3% You can call it a rivalry if you want. But a lot was definitely on the line. Who was going to get a stranglehold on the Pacific Division? The Lakers had won three straight (albeit against […]
Lakers/Rockets: L.A. Is Not Clutch City
Box Score: Lakers 104, Rockets 107 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 114.3, Rockets 117.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 60.1%, Rockets 62.3% So much for momentum after that terrible home loss against the Utah Jazz. Maybe they only turned it over 23 times in 3 quarters in this game! And maybe Kobe Bryant made four shots to improve […]
Lakers/Wolves: New Lakers In Sessions
Box Score: Lakers 97, Wolves 92 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 106.6, Wolves 101.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 56.4%, Wolves 47.7% The trade deadline is gone. For months (heck, for years), us Laker fans knew what we wanted. What we really, really wanted. We wanted a much better PG. The deadline cost the Lakers Derek Fisher. But […]