Morning Links

Tonight, the Lakers play host to the Minnesota Timberwolves and their old friend Kurt Rambis. Rambis has been trying to bring some of his old Laker values with him to Minnesota, most notably, the triangle offense, which SLAM notes that the ‘Wolves have struggled with mightily. With just about a month left to go in […]

I’ve compiled a hodgepodge of links gathered from the Lakers’ off day. On Home Court Advantage From Los Angeles Times: The Lakers finished with the best record in the Western Conference last season and secured home-court advantage throughout the West playoffs. That paid dividends after the Cleveland Cavaliers, who had the best record in the […]

Last night, the Lakers closed out their second three-game road trip of the month with as many wins, defeating Sacramento 106-99. This three-game trip featured three of the top six fastest playing teams, and outside of their Monday night game against Golden State, the Lakers did a fairly good job controlling the pace and limiting […]

Recaps – From the Los Angeles Times: Say this about the Lakers: Every game is an adventure. The Lakers knew they could beat the Golden State Warriors, so they joined them most of the game, running and gunning without a care or a conscience on the way to a surprisingly tough time against one of […]

On Friday night the Lakers went in to Phoenix, one of the league’s better home teams, and played excellent much improved basketball, with all five starters scoring at least 15 points for the first time since the 03-04 season. Since the game was on Friday, I’m sure you’ve already consumed enough information about the Phoenix […]

The Lakers recent three-game losing streak and subsequent last second win against the Raptors has garnered a lot of talk about the “state of the Lakers.” It’s not a secret, the Lakers have struggled of late. They aren’t the dominant road team of a year ago, they aren’t as hungry as a year ago, and […]

Usually, when an NBA team has a day off, there isn’t much to talk about, discuss or debate. However, this isn’t always the case with the Lakers simply because the team features one of the most talked about, discussed and debated athletes of the past 15 years. He’s the culmination of success and failure, he’s […]

THE GOOD Not just in last night’s game, but in recent Lakers’ games, I’ve been really impressed with how Andrew Bynum has started games. He’s coming out playing very aggressive and his game stands out more in the first six minutes of basketball games than it does at any other point in the game. Last […]

So here we are, two games after the Lakers first three-game losing streak of the season, and it seems like, still, all everyone can talk about is how the Lakers are struggling. Yes, a three-game losing streak is definitely nothing we should ignore, but the Lakers were only a shot or two away from winning […]

Well, it’s happened. The much-ballyhooed three-game losing streak of the Pau Gasol era happened after yesterday’s loss in Orlando, the same Arena they ended the previous season. There would be no champagne dripping off of their faces as they left the arena, just a third loss in as many road games, the first time they […]