After traveling to San Antonio and beating the Spurs in back to back games, the Lakers road trip continues with a visit to Memphis to battle the banged up Grizzlies. Like with the Spurs, the Lakers will stay in Memphis to play the Grizz twice in order to satisfy a schedule dictated by the pandemic. […]
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Laker Film Room Podcast: Continuing to Develop
In this episode of the Laker Film Podcast, me, Pete, and Mike discuss the Lakers 109-103 win over the Spurs on Friday, focusing on several areas where the team is showing or can continue to show development in this young season. We begin talking about Marc Gasol’s involvement offensively, whether upping his usage is the […]
Lakers Game Preview: The San Antonio Spurs (Again)
In what is one of the new wrinkles to an NBA season where COVID safety and health protocols will dictate everything from team travel schedules to player availability (and everything in between), the Lakers have been in San Antonio since Tuesday night and will play the Spurs for the 2nd time in three days today. […]
Lakers Game Preview: The San Antonio Spurs
The Lakers are fine. It’s weird to have to say that after just 4 games, but with the Lakers sitting at 2-2 and having two pretty lackluster performances (one opening night and the other in Monday’s loss to the Blazers), but I feel like it needs to be said. Fact is, the Lakers have not […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Portland Trailblazers
The Lakers have now won two straight games in impressive fashion — a Christmas Day blasting of the Mavericks and then a thrashing of the Timberwolves on Sunday night. Both W’s were driven by the Lakers offense, with strong outside shooting and multiple players finding ways to have an impact being the general theme both […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Minnesota Timberwolves
After an opening night loss to the Clippers, the Lakers got back on track with a blowout win over the Mavericks on Christmas. It was the type of offensive showing this team is capable of, casually dropping 138 points on an array of long range shooting, paint attacks, and offensive rebounding to bludgeon them. Tonight, […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Dallas Mavericks
First off, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone. I hope all of you are staying safe and celebrating as best you can. Second, since it’s Christmas, we all know what that means — the Lakers play today, this time vs. the Mavericks. This is a new matchup for such a marquee game, but one […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Lakers Fall on Ring Night
The Lakers came out on opening night, collected their rings in a touching ceremony that saw the players’ families virtually present them their rings, and then go out and lose to the Clippers. In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, me, Pete, and Mike discuss it all. One thing before getting to the […]
Lakers Game Preview: Opening Night vs. the Clippers
I cannot believe we’re here already. It was only 10 weeks ago the Lakers won the 2019-20 championship when they beat the Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals in the Orlando bubble. Now, in about 3.5 hours from when I’m typing this, they’ll begin their defense of that title vs. the Clippers on […]
2020-21 Lakers Season Preview
The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers begin their season on Tuesday against the Clippers. They’ll get their rings and raise another banner before tip off and then start their long quest towards trying to do it all over again. And, as it stands today, they’re the overwhelming favorites to do just that. What a time […]