Box Score: Lakers 90, 76ers 95 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 106.1, 76ers 112.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 50.1%, 76ers 53.7% The Good: It’d be criminal to simply gloss over Andrew Bynum’s performance. ‘Drew was, for the most part (the five turnovers are a bit ugly), sensational on Monday night, posting the second 20-20 game of his […]
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Lakers/Heat: Too Little, Too Late, Too Much LeBron
Box score: Lakers 87, Heat 98 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 97.7, Heat 110.2 True Shooting %: Lakers 49.4%, Heat 52.7% The Good: Pau Gasol was excellent in this game. He was aggressive early, scoring eight points (on 3-of-4 from the field) in the game’s opening five minutes, crashed the offensive glass (two early, four for the […]
Lakers/Jazz: 40 Again, Plus The Bigs Deliver In Crunch Time
Box score: Lakers 90, Jazz 87 (Overtime) Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 90.6, Jazz 86.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 49.8%, Jazz 43.5% The Good: Through three quarters not only was this not a contest, I was hard pressed to identify an honorable mention. As he did last night against the Suns, Kobe Bryant set the tone early […]
Andrew Bynum’s Development & Taking The Next Step
Since he’s returned from his 4 game suspension, Andrew Bynum’s play has been met with fierce, well deserved praise. He’s been a monster in the middle, controlling the glass, blocking shots and altering shots, and attacking the paint on offense in a manner the Lakers haven’t seen since Shaquille O’Neal manned the pivot. He’s running hard […]
Preview & Chat: The Golden State Warriors
Records: Lakers 4-4 (6th in West), Warriors 2-4 (10th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 104.2 (12th in NBA), Warriors 98.9 (26th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 100.9 (12th in NBA), Warriors 106.5 (22nd in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Matt Barnes, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Warriors: Monta Ellis, Ishmael Smith (Klay […]
The Broken Building Block?
Emile Avanessian runs the fantastic site Hardwood Hype and is a friend of FB&G. He’ll be contributing to FB&G periodically and his first effort looks at Andrew Bynum as a building block and franchise player of the future. Please join me in welcoming him. You can follow him on twitter here. Barring a league-altering trade […]
Andrew, Injuries, and the Future
Yesterday afternoon, Mark Medina wrote a post about how Yao Ming’s early retirement should be taken as a lesson by Andrew Bynum, another promising center whose future career is still pretty much a question mark due to his injury history. From Medina’s post: There are several lessons Bynum could take if he watched Yao Ming […]
More Thoughts On Game 2
Last night’s win is still taking up a lot of space in my crowded brain. So with that, I’ve no choice but to spill out random thoughts about the Lakers’ first win of these playoffs… Pau Gasol is taking a lot of heat for his performance so far this series and based off his stat […]
Andrew Bynum Shows Value Even When He Doesn’t Play
As we’re all aware, Andrew Bynum has missed the last two Laker games due to suspension. He leveled an airborne player, that player crashed to the ground, Bynum was ejected and suspended two additional games as extra punishment. There are various ways to look at the foul and subsequent suspension but I’m not here to […]
Welcome To Rumorville
The last two plus weeks before the trade deadline are always the most active when it comes to proposed deals, leaks, and misdirection. Teams are consistently working the phones trying to improve their teams’ prospects for the current and future seasons while simultaneously working the media to try and gain leverage in accomplishing these goals. Today, […]