Poster “Gatinho” (Ga-cheen-yo) dropping in with an in house report from last night’s game. The seats were good, but nobody should have to look at the back of Tim Kawakami’s head for three hours. The cliche says “Live by three, die by the three,” and that is exactly what the club from Oakland did last […]
Lakers Analysis
On Tap: The Cleveland Cavaliers
Record: 20-12 (Pythagorean 21-11), 4th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 7-3 Offensive Rating: 111.9 (2nd in league) Defensive Rating: 105.8 (13th in league) The Lakers coming in: I’d love to provide some brilliant, subtle insight into last night’s loss in Portland, but what went wrong was painfully obvious — even Joel Meyers […]
Fast Break
Lately there has been a lot of preview and not enough review on this site, I’ll try to get more done (I do get some in the previews in the “Lakers Coming In†section). Just a reminder, if there are things you’d like to see on the site, suggest it in the comments or drop […]
Chicken-or-Egg
Rule number one in basketball: the team that shoots better wins. So it’s no shock that the Lakers shoot better in their wins than their losses across the board. But I broke down the true shooting percentages in wins and losses just to see where the better performances are coming from. (I used true shooting […]
Execute Me
Update: The rumor. There seems to be a lot of people looking for it, so here it is: The Lakers would give up Devean George and something (maybe a pick and/or other lesser players) and get in return Ron Artest and Jalen Rose. Toronto is the third team that makes it work. Check out the […]
Lakers and the Pick-and-Roll
I’m not above stealing a good idea. In fact, it’s closer to my modus operandi. A few weeks ago I read maybe the best piece of writing on the NBA this season, Kevin Pelton’s breakdown of how team’s deal with Phoenix’s pick-and-roll at 82games.com. And I don’t just love it because it proves Charles Barkley […]
Pure magic
As many basketball games as you have seen, sometimes one person’s game can overwhelm you. I can tell you Kobe was +34 for the night, in just three quarters of work. I can tell you Kobe had a true shooting percentage of 73.8% for the evening. Or that after three quarters the score was Kobe […]
The Offense (But Wait, There’s More)
First things first, the latest Carnival of the NBA (now #20) is up over at Attack of the Supersonics (the blog with the best logo out there). This carnival is very well written, with lots of good links to click on as well. As for FB&G, we’re going to look mostly at the offense today, […]
The Laker Offense
I’ve put up a post about the Laker offense over at CourtsideTimes.net, talking about the lack of options behind Kobe Bryant. Follow the link to check out the entire thing, but here’s a taste: So far this season, when Kobe is on the court the Lakers shoot 46.7% (eFG%), when he is off the court […]
On Tap: The New Jersey Nets
I’m out of town for the weekend, going out to Palm Desert and hoisting a pint or two in honor of the passing of George Best (yes, that’s a bit ironic, but don’t you think it’s what he would want?). I’ll be back Monday. This years version of the Nets reminds me of last season’s […]