Look, when the Lakers play the Jazz on Wednesday night I fully expect them to lose. Not only to lose, but to get their asses kicked. The Lakers, as I’ve mentioned multiple times recently, are not good. The Jazz, meanwhile, are playing some of the best basketball in the entire league. Those two things would […]
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Making it Back
I am in the 6th grade and it is the first day of my month off from school as part of our “year round” academic calendar. Me and my best friend decided to go play in some sort of riverbed/drainage ditch thing near his house that we were told several times we should not play […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Washington Wizards
It’s rare that I’d call any regular season game a “must win”. This is particularly true when the expectations for a team are to contend (if not win) a championship. Certain games can matter more than others, but must win? Nah. Tonight, when the Lakers face off against the Wizards, then, I’m not going to […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Miami Heat
For a Finals rematch, I have incredibly little to say about today’s matchup between the Lakers and the Heat. Some of that is Miami related as they’re still working to dig themselves out of an early season hole that saw COVID related absences and injury ravage their roster and keep them without their normal lineup […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Brooklyn Nets
Tonight the Lakers and the Nets play at STAPLES Center. The game, to say the least, is highly anticipated. It does not matter that Anthony Davis (achilles/calf) and Kevin Durant (hamstring) are both out with injury. It does not matter that neither team is playing their best basketball right now. Many view this as a […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: ADjustments
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, me, Pete, and Mike discuss losing Anthony Davis through at least the All-Star break and what steps the Lakers can take to “replace” him (knowing it’s impossible to “replace” a player as great as him). We use the win over the Timberwolves as a template for […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Minnesota Timberwolves
So….yeah. I take one game off for some family time and not only do the Lakers lose to the Nuggets, they lose Anthony Davis to injury — reportedly a re-aggravation of his achilles tendinosis and a calf strain. AD will be out for several weeks, and maybe longer per sourced reporting. Obviously, none of this […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Memphis Grizzlies
In what many are describing the worst 6 game winning streak in Lakers history, this team has not lost in a while. Not since losing to the Pistons in the 2nd game of a back to back while on that 7-game, 11 day road trip. This streak has not been pretty, with the last 3 […]
Lakers Stock Report, Volume One
From now through the rest of the regular season (and maybe longer!), I’m going to do a Lakers Stock Report for 5-9 guys on the team every handful of games (or so). I’m hoping to use this as a snapshot of which direction players are trending and, with that, give us a better look at […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Oklahoma City Thunder (again)
Without Anthony Davis and Alex Caruso, the Lakers played the Thunder to a tie through 4 quarters on Monday. In overtime, the Lakers pulled ahead, mostly by playing solid defense and outclassing the team with their superior talent. Tonight, the Lakers will face the Thunder for the 3rd and final time this year, hoping to […]