Swamped with work today, so let me point you to some people doing some good writing, and throw in a couple comments. • If you had offered me a deal beforehand to split the games against Detroit and San Antonio, I would have taken it. So I’m not too frustrated with the loss last night. […]
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On Tap: The San Antonio Spurs
Record: 46-12 (44-14 Pythagorean), top seed in the West Record last 10 games: 8-2 Offensive Rating: 108.6 (11th in the NBA) Defensive Rating: 99.2 (best in the NBA) Jim Jackson a Laker: The Lakers bought out Slava Medvedenko’s contract and have signed Jim Jackson, who was cut loose by the Suns recently. I like the […]
Wow!
I caught this game on a snowy television in a crappy little Long Beach club where a friend’s band was playing (I’ll watch the Tivo later), but my night reminded me what this team means to the city. Early on the people and friends around me were of the same mind: I don’t follow the […]
On Tap: The Detroit Pistons
Record: 48-10 (45-13 Pythagorean), top seed in the East Record last 10 games: 8-2 Offensive Rating: 112.9 (2nd in the NBA) Defensive Rating: 103.1 (3rd in the NBA) Lakers and the Playoffs: The win against Golden State kept the status quo: Utah and Sacramento remain 1.5 games back after their wins last night (thanks for […]
On Tap: Golden State Warriors
Record: 25-32 (22-33 Pythagorean), 11th seed in the West (3.5 games back of the Lakers) Record last 10 games: 3-7 Offensive Rating: 106.2 (17th in the league) Defensive Rating: 107.1 (19th in the league) Lakers and the Playoffs: The Lakers are the 8th seed, 1.5 games ahead of Utah charging Sacramento (think about how big […]
Ugh. (And not just the Lakers)
I’m not going to talk about it, no need to rehash the ugliness. The late runs should never have had to happen, and they spent so much energy fighting back they couldn’t get over the hump. (By the way, look at the game flow and see that the Lakers fourth-quarter run ends when Kwame gets […]
Fast Break
The Lakers beat a team they were supposed to, something we shouldn’t take for granted, especially heading north tonight. I’m not doing a full Portland preview because we saw them just a week ago, but don’t underestimate the importance of this game. The Blazers have dropped six straight and the Lakers need to get on […]
On Tap: The Orlando Magic
Record: 20-35 (21-34 Pythagorean), 11th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 1-9 Offensive Rating: 105.9 (19th in the league) Defensive Rating: 109.4 (25th in the league) Reaching Goals: Back on Feb. 9, I wrote that the Lakers had one of the softer parts of their schedule coming up for the next 10 games […]
Prime Ticket returns
Prime Ticket, the cable station that was once home to the champion Laker teams as well as the Dodgers and Kings for so many years will be back in April. Technically, it’s still FSN2, but they are rebranding it as Prime Ticket after some consumer studies that showed people remember Prime Ticket fondly and the […]
A Tale of Two Games
The game against Sacramento may have been the best of times, the Lakers played defense for 48 minutes, ran the offense smoothly, other players besides Kobe stepped up and they handily beat a team chasing them in the playoff hunt. The Boston loss may have been the worst of times. Defense? Ha. The Lakers let […]