Yesterday, Darius kicked off our second round preview with a segment on the Lakers offense against the Mavericks defense. Today, I’ll get into what the Lakers need to do against this Mavericks offense. When speaking about the Mavericks’ offense, you almost have to begin and end with Dirk Nowitzki. Dirk is one of those rare […]
NBA Playoffs
Second Round Preview: When The Lakers Have The Ball
With the Lakers starting their second round series against the Mavericks on Monday, we start our series preview today. In our first installment, we look at the Lakers’ offense versus the Mavericks’ defense. The Mavericks may not be known as a defensive team, but for the season they boasted a top 10 defense measured by […]
A Second Round Sneak Peek
With the Hornets vanquished and the Mavs on the horizon, we find ourselves waiting a few days before the Lakers return to action. So what better time to look forward, with nothing but time on our hands? With that, some random thoughts on what we’ve seen and learned from round one, how some of that […]
More Thoughts On Game 5
Last night’s game 5 may have been the best game the Lakers have played in this young post season. No one player was that great, but the cumulative production that the players produced made for a great win. With 6 Lakers scoring double figures and the bench players bringing a spark with their energy and […]
Looking At Lineups: Which Lakers Bigs Should Be Playing
It’s a common held belief that the Lakers biggest strength is that they have three top level big men that they can deploy in any combination that opponents struggle to match up with. I’ve long been a member of that school of thought and still hold the belief that if the Lakers are to claim their […]
Lakers/Hornets Game 4 Preview & Chat:
It’s safe to say that any panic that swept through Lakerdom after losing Game 1 only one week ago is long gone by now as L.A. has a chance to put this series to bed with another road win today. Give the Hornets all the credit in the world for scrapping their way to a […]
The Road Warriors
Back when I was a kid, if you were to ask me about the road warriors, I would have thought of Hawk and Animal – the devastating tag team wrestling crew whose nickname “The Legion of Doom” always entertained. Yeah, sue me, I like wrestling. Today, when I think of the road warriors, I think […]
More Thoughts On Game 2
Last night’s win is still taking up a lot of space in my crowded brain. So with that, I’ve no choice but to spill out random thoughts about the Lakers’ first win of these playoffs… Pau Gasol is taking a lot of heat for his performance so far this series and based off his stat […]
Game 2 Preview & Chat: Lakers vs. Hornets
The Lakers have had ample time to stew over their game 1 effort. They got a healthy heaping of film study to go over what went wrong and have had time to reset their focus on what needs to be done. In that same vain, we’ve talked adjustments on both sides of the ball on some […]
Game 2 Adjustements: Defending the Pick and Roll
In yesterday’s post, Darius touched on a few things that might help get Pau Gasol going on the offensive end of the floor. Today, we’re going to concern ourselves with the defensive end of the floor, and more specifically, the pick and roll. We knew coming into this series that Chris Paul was going to […]