We were back in El Segundo to watch the Los Angeles Lakers’ G-League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, take on the Maine Red Claws. By the way, the Red Claws happen to be the Boston Celtics’ G-League affiliate. The SB Lakers happened to get Alex Caruso back for this game. Thomas Bryant and Ivica Zubac […]
Game Recap
South Bay Lakers Blow Out the Northern Arizona Suns
So the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t exactly have a good Wednesday night against the Orlando Magic. Back in El Segundo, though, the G-League Lakers had a much much better outing. After a close loss to the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder’s G-League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers roared back with possibly their best game of […]
Lakers Win Streak Goes Extinct Against the Raptors
The Los Angeles Lakers lost 123-111 to the Toronto Raptors in a game both teams would like to forget. In a long season these games happen. On the upside Los Angeles still has a four game win streak in the continental United States. The Lakers lost every quarter and struggled to find an offensive rhythm. […]
South Bay Lakers Win Fourth In Five Games After Beating the Windy City Bulls
While the Los Angeles Lakers were taking on the Bulls in Chicago on Friday night, their G-League affiliates also went against each other at the UCLA Health Training Center. The South Bay Lakers were 17-11 and were coming off a victory against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Meanwhile, the Windy City Bulls were 13-15 going […]
Lakers Hold On Late, Survive against Celtics to Win 108-107
Three straight wins — all without Lonzo Ball. Six straight home wins. Winners of seven of their last nine games. These are the numbers after the Lakers survived a flurry of late game missed FT’s and chaos inducing Celtics full court pressing to win 108-107. It’d be easy to tell the story of this game […]
South Bay Lakers Fall to Iowa Wolves and Conversation With Thomas Bryant
So while the Los Angeles Lakers were taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder, I had a chance to cover the South Bay Lakers (the L.A. Lakers’ G-League affiliate) at the UCLA Health Training Center as they took on the Iowa Wolves (the Minnesota Timberwolves’ G-League affiliate). The South Bay Lakers were 16-10 coming into this […]
Lakers Game Preview: Dallas Mavericks for the First Time This Season
The Lakers (14-27) are on a bit of a roll coming into their game against the Mavericks (15-28). It’s a Saturday matinee between two of the worst teams in the Western Conference. The Lakers have won three straight after a nearly-debilitating nine-game losing streak. All three games were won by double digits, including an impressive […]
Lakers Blow Out Hawks, Emphatically Stop 9-Game Skid
So this nightmare is over. We cried. We complained. We couldn’t sleep. We couldn’t eat. We even stopped feeling. What? That was only me? In any case, the Lakers have finally won a game after a nine-game losing streak as they beat the Hawks, 132-113. It didn’t start out very well. L.A. was once again […]
Lonzo Ball Returns But Lakers Still Lose Ninth Straight
So the Lakers received good news before gametime. Lonzo Ball returned for this contest. He started along with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Brook Lopez, Julius Randle, and Brandon Ingram. The good news ended there. Because the Charlotte Hornets absolutely throttled the Torrance, er, Los Angeles Lakers, 108-94. The score did not indicate how dominant Buzz City was; […]
Listless Lakers Lose 8th Straight as Oklahoma City’s Stars Shine
I went into this recap with a plan. After Darius and I recorded our podcast last night, we had a chat about me doing more written recaps, at least for the home games. He provided some words of wisdom, my creative juices got flowing, and I found my angle. Instead of writing a conventional […]