Record: 25-32 (22-33 Pythagorean), 11th seed in the West (3.5 games back of the Lakers) Record last 10 games: 3-7 Offensive Rating: 106.2 (17th in the league) Defensive Rating: 107.1 (19th in the league) Lakers and the Playoffs: The Lakers are the 8th seed, 1.5 games ahead of Utah charging Sacramento (think about how big […]
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Fast Break
The Lakers beat a team they were supposed to, something we shouldn’t take for granted, especially heading north tonight. I’m not doing a full Portland preview because we saw them just a week ago, but don’t underestimate the importance of this game. The Blazers have dropped six straight and the Lakers need to get on […]
On Tap: The Orlando Magic
Record: 20-35 (21-34 Pythagorean), 11th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 1-9 Offensive Rating: 105.9 (19th in the league) Defensive Rating: 109.4 (25th in the league) Reaching Goals: Back on Feb. 9, I wrote that the Lakers had one of the softer parts of their schedule coming up for the next 10 games […]
On Tap: The Boston Celtics
Record: 22-33 (24-31 Pythagorean), 10th in the East Record last 10 games: 4-6 Offensive Rating: 106.7 (17th in the league) Defensive Rating: 108 (22nd in the league) The Rivalry: Jeff from Celtics blog may be right, maybe nobody outside of Boston and LA — and only people over 30 in those cities — really see […]
On Tap: The Los Angeles Clippers
Record: 30-23 (33-20 Pythagorean), 5th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 4-6 (lost 5 straight) Offensive Rating: 106.5 (15th in the league) Defensive Rating: 104.6 (6th in the league) No Trades Is Good Trades: On message boards and talk radio yesterday I kept hearing this sentiment, “If we had just gotten X we […]
What Ron-Ron Means To Me
Rather than one of my standard previews of tonight’s game against Sacramento, I’m giving some space to Tom Z., the guy behind the Sactown Royalty blog (one of the best NBA blogs out there) to talk about what the addition of Ron Artest has meant to the Kings (besides 7 wins in the last 10). […]
On Tap: The Portland Trailblazers
Record: 18-33 (17-34 Pythagorean), last in the West Record last 10 games: 3-7 (same as the Lakers, sadly) Offensive Rating: 102 (29th in the league) Defensive Rating: 112.3 (28th in the league) The goal: There are 30 games left in the regular season, and if the Lakers are going to get to 45 wins, they […]
On Tap: The Atlanta Hawks
Record: 15-34 (15-34 Pythagorean), 13th seed in the East (ahead of the Knicks and Bobcats) Record last 10 games: 4-6 (including a win over Detroit) Offensive Rating: 106.5 (16th in league) Defensive Rating: 111.8 (27th in league) The Lakers coming in: They played defense against Utah and they got the win. Oh, sure, they didn’t […]
On Tap: The Utah Jazz
Record: 25-26 (24-27 Pythagorean), 9th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 5-5 Lakers record against Jazz: 1-2 Offensive Rating: 102.7 (28th in league) Defensive Rating: 106.8 (13th in league) Best thing I watched this weekend: Airplane!, which HBO was rerunning. I hadn’t watched it in a decade and I laughed like it was […]
On Tap: The Memphis Grizzlies
Record: 26-23 (21-28 Pythagorean), 7th seed in the West (tied for 6th) Record last 10 games: 2-8 (lost five straight) Laker record against Grizzlies: 1-2 Offensive Rating: 105.1 (21st in league) Defensive Rating: 103.1 (3rd in league) Where does Kobe get his points: Last time the Lakers played the Griz, Kobe had 45 points, almost […]