Game Preview

After losing to the shorthanded Timberwolves, the Lakers are at the low-point of their early season. As I mentioned in the game preview, that was a game that the Lakers needed to win simply from the standpoint of them seeing themselves are better than their record. By losing, however, it is much easier to say […]

I’m still recovering from my Thanksgiving dinner, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet. The Lakers are back in action tonight after losing to the Grizzlies on Wednesday, looking to get back in the win column against a team that just might be as bad as they are. The Timberwolves come into this […]

Tonight, the Lakers continue their current home-stand with one of their toughest matchups of this young season. The Memphis Grizzlies come in playing some of the best (probably the best) basketball in the NBA and the Lakers are coming off consecutive losses to the Mavericks the Nuggets. The Nuggets loss was on Sunday, and with […]

After winning two consecutive games, the Lakers were rudely brought back to reality by the Mavericks on Friday night. As we noted in our game preview, the Lakers could keep it close by playing well offensively, but at some point the odds were that tired legs and a juggernaut of a Mavericks’ offense would prevail. […]

Break up the Lakers! Well, not really. But after two straight wins — on the road, no less — the Lakers are playing their best basketball of the season. You can qualify the wins as them coming against the Hawks and their bottom third defense and a Rockets’ team missing Dwight Howard, and you’d be well […]

The Lakers won only their 2nd game of the season (in 11 tries) last night, taking out the Hawks in Atlanta. The game itself offered a glimpse at what anyone who was (even somewhat) optimistic about the Lakers being better than advertised envisioned they could be. Kobe was the focal point of the team’s attack […]

After losing their first five games of the season and winning their next, the Lakers have again lost four straight games. This lands them with a 1-9 record, last in the West and only one win better than the awful 76ers. While pundits thought things could be this bad, to actually see the team struggle […]

After losing to the Spurs on Friday night, the Lakers are off to a 1-8 start to the season. This is the worst start in franchise history. In other words, things couldn’t get much worse. Oh wait. Did I say that out loud? Early reports are that Kobe will try to play tonight, but after […]

Used to be that a game between the Lakers and the Spurs was appointment viewing. Back in the day, this was a battle between perennial contenders and a preview of what could be a heated playoff match up that would determine which team would likely represent the western conference for the league championship. And while […]

After hanging tough with Grizzlies last night, it’s safe to say that the Lakers are playing much better than they were in the preseason and in their first couple of games to start this campaign. They are moving the ball better, getting comfortable with their defensive assignments, and seem to be gaining the needed familiarity to […]