If before the first two games in this series you had offered me, or just about any other Laker fan, a split on the road we would have taken it. What’s more, after the win last night, the template is there. It’s all about tempo, about imposing your style on the other team. Before last […]
NBA Playoffs
Sleeping Well
There are a lot of things keeping me up at night right now – from my new daughter’s crying to thoughts of the cost of college when she is old enough to go – but the Laker loss in game one of the first-round playoff series against the Suns isn’t one of them. Here’s the […]
We’ll see who blinks first
“Something has gotten into himâ€: Phil has anointed Kwame as the Golden Child in this series. A “featured playerâ€, if you will. This could have a couple of corollary effects. One making Kwame aware that Phil values him. The master manipulator has by this time learned to nurture Kwame’s fragile self perception. Phil wants confident […]
Thoughts on the Lakers and Suns
(This was going to be a longer, several part preview with some new research, but circumstances change. So here are my notes and thoughts put together over the last few weeks, and we’ll all be watching Sunday). Traditionally, I’d like to separate out the offense and defensive ends of the floor when looking at a […]
Good for two
Thanks for the warm wishes everyone, our newest baby daughter was born at 11:32 Thursday morning and was healthy. Mom and baby are doing well, as am I, or as well as can be expected without much sleep. But I should get used to that. Again. As was mentioned in the comments, I still did […]