In a battle of two depleted teams, the Lakers were able to beat the Sixers, 111-98. With this win, the Lakers salvaged their road trip by going 2-2 and won their second consecutive game for the first time since November 20th when they beat the Nets. This game, while having several outlier performances that aren’t […]
Game Recap
The Wizards Prevent The Lakers From Reaching New Low
Tonight was a strange one in Washington, if for no other reason than the fact that the Lakers struggled to close out an awful Wizards team. Jodie Meeks had his best night as a Laker and Cartier Martin was added to the long list of career nights from obscure ball players with is 21 and […]
Lakers/Knicks: Too Little, Too Late
For the fourth straight game, the Lakers saw the clock hit triple zeroes with them behind on the scoreboard. This time, the final count was 116-107, with the Knicks claiming victory. This game, like several others before it (the Thunder game instantly comes to mind) represented a bit of a moral victory, but for a […]
Lakers/Cavs: Rock Bottom? One Can Only Hope
The Lakers visited the 4-17 Cavs and were roundly defeated. I’d write about the loss, and everything that went into making it so — the first half turnovers, the listless defense, the lack of attentiveness on offense, Kyrie’s brilliance, CJ Miles’ explosion, and how it all combined to dig a hole they could not dig […]
Lakers/Thunder: The Most We Can Get is a Moral Victory
Let’s look at some of the facts: The Lakers were coming in a sub-.500 team at 9-10 The Thunder were on a 6 game winning-streak, by an average of 18+ points. The game was in Oklahoma City. The Lakers were missing 2 of their top 4 players. Needless to say, winning this game would’ve been […]
Lakers/Hornets: Kobe Gets to 30K, Lakers Win
The Lakers got their 9th win of the season against the Hornets by the count 103-87, showing both the Jekyll and Hyde nature of their play so far this season. In the first half they had trouble defending the Hornets’ pick and roll attack, surrendering open shots at the rim by not helping the helper […]
Lakers v. Rockets: Collapse’d
With about 7:20 left to play in the fourth quarter, Chris Duhon got into the lane and fed Jordan Hill, who threw down a dunk to extend the Lakers lead to 11 points. The Lakers next two possession ended with a missed Duhon three pointer and a Duhon turnover. Toney Douglass followed those possessions with […]
Lakers/Magic: Lakers Fall Apart Down the Stretch…Again
At this point, the only thing predictable about the Lakers is their unpredictability. After what could easily be described as their best win of the season on Friday in a blowout of the Nuggets, the Lakers lost to a 5-10 Magic team by the double digit count of 113-103 online pharmacy purchase flomax online no […]
Lakers/Nuggets: Dwight and the Bench Detonate Denver
You know those wild swings of play we’ve been talking about? Well, tonight we saw an example of the good kind. In a 122-103 victory over the Nuggets online pharmacy purchase atarax no prescription with best prices today in the USA buy minocin online minocin online no prescription , the Lakers once again looked like […]
Lakers/Pacers: Kobe Not Enough As George Hill Plays Hero
It’s this type of up and down play that has become the symbol of the early season Lakers. Some nights they look fantastic on both sides of the ball. Their offense flows, the defense is dialed in, and the results are what you’d expect from a team with this much talent (even without Nash). Other […]