Game Preview

After finding out on game day that they’d be without Kobe Bryant, the Lakers promptly went out and dismantled the Orlando Magic on Friday night. Of course, the Magic aren’t a much better, if at all, team than the Lakers but the team put on a strong performance down their centerpiece player and a further […]

After the Lakers had their tails kicked by the Clippers, their head coach poured a bit of salt in their wounds by calling them soft (equating that to a slap in the face) while noting that he’s interested in seeing how his team responds after getting beat so severely. He essentially made it seem that […]

Whenever the Lakers play the Clippers, intrigue follows — especially now that it’s the Clips who are the “contender” expected to win the matchup. The story shifts from big brother beating up on its historically bad younger sibling to ideas about “whose town it is” and what the Clippers have to do to take center […]

The Lakers won a slugfest of a game in thrilling fashion against the Pacers last night, with Kobe Bryant leading them down the stretch. Kobe scored the Lakers final 9 points of the game, including the game winner with only a handful of ticks on the clock — a classic drive and half hook from […]

Regardless of what changes the Lakers make, the losses continue. Friday was another example of this as the team battled the Grizzlies for 48 minutes and nearly pushed the game to overtime, only to fall short due to some late game clock management issues and a last second shot that did not fall. The team […]

The Lakers ended their 2014 on a high note, beating the Nuggets, in Denver, on Tuesday after a triple-double by Kobe and some very hot shooting from the other perimeter guys not named Nick Young or Jeremy Lin. The game actually reminded a lot of the win over the Warriors a week earlier — the […]

Since rattling off three straight wins in early December against the Kings, Spurs, and Timberwolves, the Lakers have lost six of seven — their lone win coming against the Warriors with Kobe out of the lineup. They enter tonight’s game losers of three in a row, the latest being Sunday’s loss to the Suns — […]

After losing to the Bulls on Christmas and the Mavericks a day later, the Lakers finish up their three game road trip today in Phoenix are back at home to play against the Suns. And when they do, a familiar face will be back in the lineup: There was some uncertainty of Kobe would play tonight […]

Personally, I am a game-time decision with flu-like symptoms so I will keep this short and to the point. After Kobe was a late scratch on Christmas day, the Lakers gave a nice effort against the Bulls but ultimately got handled in the 2nd half to lose by 20. Tonight, then, on the second night […]

After a great team win on Tuesday against the Warriors, the Lakers are back at it today against the Bulls. Of course, this game carries some extra significance since with today being Christmas and all that comes with that for both teams. I’ve always thought the road team was at a bit of an advantage […]