Kobe’s streak hits four, and (as ESPN’s Marc Stein said [insider]) with Golden State and Memphis up next, the streak could reach six.Forget the defense (the Lakers have), Kobe’s amazing play is simply one of those times we should sit back and be amazed. This is fun to watch.
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Preview & Chat: NOOCH
Kobe is amazing. Here’s the thing, while he’s scored 175 points in three games (which is just crazy) he’s doing it efficiently. He’s shooting 60.8% (eFG%), or if you just want to go old-school field goal percentage you still get 54%. He’s shooting 53.6% from three-point range. It’s one thing to take a lot of […]
Preview & Chat: The Memphis Grizzlies
I’m happy Memphis is so bad. For purely selfish reasons, I’m glad they picked this season to go from the playoffs to the worst team in the NBA — it means I may get a close-up look at Durant or Oden. Memphis is one of two teams (the Lakers the other) already committed to the […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Lots of new readers here today (via True Hoops move), make yourself and home, put your feet up on the coffee table and feel free to poke around a little. Check out the defacto “mission statement†to see where I’m coming from. And be sure to read the comments here because I really just start […]
Just What Should We Expect?
Two fun-to-watch wins, a team getting healthy physically and psychologically (with a few softer games ahead to help gain some momentum). The Lakers are starting to look like the team we saw earlier in the season — even if Kobe has to drag them back into the light with 50-point games. While he rightfully gets […]
Preview & Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Kareem vs. Bruce Lee: The guys at NBA Fanhouse have been mining Youtube and found a classic. Dare we say “winning streak? Here are the next five Laker games — Minnesota, Memphis, New Orleans, Golden State, Memphis. All winable, and a chance to get their confidence back heading toward the playoffs. Last meeting. These two […]
Our Kevin Garnett Offer
As I said before, this blog entered a hypothetical bidding war with the Celtics and the Bulls for the rights to KG. This was really a group effort, my original proposal changed dramatically after reading at your comments, seeing your votes and thinking of how to make a proposal work. I put the proposal in […]
65 To Enjoy
Kobe had the kind of performance you just need to sit back and watch a few times.
Preview & Chat: The Portland Trailblazers
Light at the end of the tunnel. The first quarter last night, when the “these were the guys we are supposed to have out there†starters were in the game, the Laker offense looked like a triangle again. Guys were moving without the ball, Kobe was drawing the double team then dishing (and guys actually […]
Preview and Chat: The Denver Nuggets
Hard drive crashes suck I had a preview ready to go for tonight’s matchup, complete with numbers and some analysis that I thought was pretty good, but it now lives in a limbo land (the same with the final on the KG trade ideas, but that will be up later tonight). Anyway, what the story […]