Box Score: Lakers 103, Nuggets 97 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.8, Nuggets 104.3 True Shooting %: Lakers 63.3%, Nuggets 50.9% For the fourth straight game, the Lakers were going to be without Kobe Bryant, who was still out with tuberculosis or whatever that shin injury is called. Looks like it was up to the other guys […]
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Lakers/Spurs: Club 17 Paint Job
Box Score: Lakers 98, Spurs 84 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.1, Spurs 94.4 True Shooting %: Lakers 53.5%, Spurs 50.6% The Lakers faced San Antonio for the first time this season. Kobe was still out. The Spurs rested Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili in the previous game so they would feel more fresh. We […]
Lakers/Hornets: What Matters Is Victory
Box Score: Lakers 93, Hornets 91 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 113.4, Hornets 111.0 True Shooting %: Lakers 59.1%, Hornets 55.4% The Lakers have lost two straight coming into this game against New Orleans. At this point, there are no sure wins for the Lakers, even if it’s against the team with the worst record in the […]
Lakers/Suns: Defense Is A Foreign Word
Box Score: Lakers 105, Suns 125 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.5, Suns 131.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 52.0%, Suns 63.4% The outlook went from bad to worse with Kobe becoming a late scratch in this game due to… uh… tenosynovitis. In other words, his shin is bothering him. Meanwhile, the Suns are fighting for a playoff […]
Lakers/Rockets: Club 17 In Effect Again
Box Score: Lakers 107, Rockets 112 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.1, Rockets 113.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 58.2%, Rockets 60.3% Lakers had a four-game winning streak coming into this while the Rockets are fighting for their playoff lives. Also of note? The Rockets won their last meeting against the Lakers. L.A. hoped for a different result […]
Lakers/Clippers: Battle Of L.A. 2012, Part 3
Box Score: Lakers 113, Clippers 108 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 121.5, Clippers 116.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 63.1%, Clippers 54.3% You can call it a rivalry if you want. But a lot was definitely on the line. Who was going to get a stranglehold on the Pacific Division? The Lakers had won three straight (albeit against […]
Lakers/Nets: A Familiar Finish (In More Ways Than One)
As the last two games have shown, winnable games don’t always come easy and the Lakers can’t take their opponent lightly tonight. As mentioned earlier, they’ve been playing pretty well lately and have a Laker killer (Wallace) and an elite player (Williams) of their own that can turn a game in their favor down the […]
Lakers/Thunder: A Class Below
Boxscore: Lakers 93, Thunder 102 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.1, Thunder 118.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 52.2%, Thunder 53.8% The Good: After wondering how Bynum would play after having a string of performances that were newsworthy for the wrong reasons, he came out ready to play against the Thunder. He had 25 points (on only 15 […]
Lakers/Warriors: A Crazy, Crazy Game
On a night that turned exciting for several right and wrong reasons, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 104-101 to move their record to 31-19 on the year. It wasn’t the best played contest from the Lakers and the Warriors – as they’re known to do at home against their divisional rival – rode their fan’s […]
Lakers/Grizzlies: Frustration Is Your Word Of The Day
If I could recap this game in one word, it would be frustrated. Fans are frustrated with a home loss that the Lakers could have used to build on their back to back wins over Dallas and Portland. The coaches were clearly frustrated by their players’ lack of effort on defense and their casual approach […]