Lately there has been a lot of preview and not enough review on this site, I’ll try to get more done (I do get some in the previews in the “Lakers Coming In†section). Just a reminder, if there are things you’d like to see on the site, suggest it in the comments or drop […]
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Chicken-or-Egg
Rule number one in basketball: the team that shoots better wins. So it’s no shock that the Lakers shoot better in their wins than their losses across the board. But I broke down the true shooting percentages in wins and losses just to see where the better performances are coming from. (I used true shooting […]
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Fresh stuff tomorrow for the Memphis game, but in the short term check this stuff out. • Last night the Lakers lost in the second game of a back-to-back, where they got up by 16 then looked sloppy in the second half. Teams tend to struggle in the second game of back-to-backs, and Dallas owner […]
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Busy day, and I’m still a little frustrated with the loss from last night. so I’m going to some bullet points for discussion. (The previously mentioned pick-and-roll post needs polish but I should post that Wednesday.) • Almost 25 games in is long enough to have formed opinions about off-season moves. The Lakers biggest off-season […]
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I’m swamped with work but couldn’t go without commenting a little on the biggest win of the season (so far). So, a few quick thoughts: • As much as we all see of Kobe you think we’d become desensitized to the plays he makes, but there still seems to be two or three times a […]
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Three in a row and back to .500, small victories in the grand scheme but you have to feel a little more optimistic about this team than you did 10 days ago. However, don’t get too high off of beating Toronto, regardless of how good the offense looked and all the assists. The Raptors are […]
The Offense (But Wait, There’s More)
First things first, the latest Carnival of the NBA (now #20) is up over at Attack of the Supersonics (the blog with the best logo out there). This carnival is very well written, with lots of good links to click on as well. As for FB&G, we’re going to look mostly at the offense today, […]
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Thoughts collected during a weekend of gluttony and watching the Nets/Lakers game (and some football): • At the start of the season, I said I expected the Lakers to struggle the first month, so it’s a little to early to panic at the 5-7 record (likely to be 5-8 with a game at San Antonio […]
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Thoughts after a game the Lakers should have won. • Kobe still taking way too many shots for the Lakers to win consistently, he is using about 34.7 possessions per 40 minutes (most of those are shots, but it includes things like turnovers), almost double the next highest Laker (Lamar Odom at 17.8) and by […]
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Thoughts from the Knicks game — including where Lamar Odom should play — and other things: • The newest Carnival of the NBA blogs is up over at HoopsAddict.com, and there are a lot of new bloggers out there with a lot to say — some of it very insightful. • Phil Jackson is now […]