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Lakers Analysis
Triangle? Trapezoid? What Is That?
After two poor offensive outings, I decided to do some offensive charting for the Memphis game to get a detailed look at what the Lakers were doing and why it wasn’t working. Picked a great game online pharmacy buy zovirax online no prescription to go through every step of — didn’t miss a minute of […]
The Good Stuff
Sometimes I feel I focus too much on the negative, on the things that need improvement, but there are a lot of things to smile about five games into the Laker season, and not just that they are above .500: • What was the biggest problem with the Lakers last season? Say it with me: […]
How Does 6-7 Sound?
It’s human nature for us to put too much emphasis on the first game of the season and on the first weeks of the season. Blame it on hope and the raw enthusiasm of our team starting play again. Especially here in LA, with a new coach, new faces and the desire to get the […]
Laker Preview — Offense
Note: This is the second of two Laker preview articles, this one focusing on the offense. The defensive preview can be found here. online pharmacy order albenza online with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy amaryl over the counter with best prices today in the USA Meet the new offense, same as the […]
Laker Preview — Defense
Note: We’re doing a two-part Laker preview this week, one part for each end of the court. Defense goes first, with offense to follow (likely on Saturday). We love our fancy statistics here at FB&G, but you really didn’t need them to figure out what was wrong with last season’s Lakers— it was the defense. […]
Preseason Stats
Let’s say this up front, six games — preseason games at that — is too small a sample size from which to draw big conclusions. That said, I love to jump to conclusions. Don’t even look where I’m leaping. Now that I’ve got this post’s cliche quota out of the way, we can say there […]
Spread The Love Around
Last season, when Kobe Bryant was on the floor he took shots (or was fouled) on 30% of the team’s attempts. For some perspective, that was the third highest level in the league (Allen Iverson was at 32.7%, Jermaine O’Neal in his limited time was at 32.3%). What was impressive is that Kobe was still […]
Notes From The First Preseason Game
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Triangle 101
It’s the one offense even casual basketball fans can name, thanks to Phil Jackson and his nine titles with it. But ask those fans what the triangle offense is and you’d likely get a blank stare or an answer along the lines of “Well, your best players form a triangle…†The offense is more complicated […]