Record: 25-26 (24-27 Pythagorean), 9th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 5-5 Lakers record against Jazz: 1-2 Offensive Rating: 102.7 (28th in league) Defensive Rating: 106.8 (13th in league) Best thing I watched this weekend: Airplane!, which HBO was rerunning. I hadn’t watched it in a decade and I laughed like it was […]
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On Tap: The Memphis Grizzlies
Record: 26-23 (21-28 Pythagorean), 7th seed in the West (tied for 6th) Record last 10 games: 2-8 (lost five straight) Laker record against Grizzlies: 1-2 Offensive Rating: 105.1 (21st in league) Defensive Rating: 103.1 (3rd in league) Where does Kobe get his points: Last time the Lakers played the Griz, Kobe had 45 points, almost […]
Gary Payton Is An Ass
Things that are making me angry this morning (aside the lack of coffee): Remember how the original trade with Boston in 2004 that brought us Chris Mihm and Chucky Atkins was supposed to include point guard Marcus Banks (for Payton and Rick Fox)? But then Payton flipped out and threatened not to report, so the […]
Fast Break
Some thoughts from last night, including the Grammys: • Is there a more confounding team in the NBA than the Lakers? They get crushed by the Hornets, a team they should beat. When you think they should fold in the second game of a back-to-back at the end of a long road trip, they come […]
On Tap: The Houston Rockets
Record: 17-29 (Pythagorean 14-32), 14TH seed in the West Record last 10 games: 6-4 Laker record against Rockets: 0-1 Offensive Rating: 103.3 (27th in league) Defensive Rating: 105.3 (9th in league) The Laker reserves suck: It showed in Dallas and it’s a surprise to nobody. Lakers starters are shooting 46% on the season, reserves 39.5%. […]
On Tap: The Dallas Mavericks
Record: 37-10 (Pythagorean 37-10), top seed in the West (tied with the Spurs) Record last 10 games: Freakin’ 10-0, they’ve won 11 straight Laker record against Dallas: 2-0 Offensive Rating: 113.2 (2nd in league) Defensive Rating: 105.5 (12th in league) About the Mavericks: The best team in basketball the last couple of weeks, and they […]
Exposed Weaknesses
I’m back, and for the record Maui doesn’t suck. We had to suffer though what the Hawaii local TV weathermen called a “cold front†— the high temperature dropped from 85 down to a bone chilling 81. But we survived. (As much as I’ve mocked LA weathermen in the past — see Steve Martin in […]
They deserve a ray of sunshine up north
For the record: I’m taking the Seahawks, and you can keep your four points. (We’ll talk Lakers tomorrow, the Superbowl is basically a national holiday, so I’m considering it part of my vacation. Besides, it looks like the talk here has been lively, even if the Lakers haven’t been. Gatinho — well done!)
On Tap: NO/OKC Hornets
Record: 23-22 Offense: 91.6 Defense: 92.8 Last 10: 7-3 What Vegas says: Lakers +4 Injury Update: Lamar Odom looks to be out until the All-Star break and is definitely sharing too much. “I can’t bathe properly. This morning I couldn’t put on deodorant.” Chris Mihm had a X-rays taken after the game and was diagnosed […]
On Tap: Charlotte Bobcats
Record: 11-36 What Vegas says: Lakers -9, Pittsburgh -4 Offense: 94.5 Defense: 100.0 Last 10: 0-10 Injury Update: Forward Lamar Odom said he would not play tonight against Charlotte because of slightly torn rib cartilage and a minor case of whiplash. (Insert watching Kobe go by joke here) Sasha or D George are likely candidates […]