Rather than rewrite everything from the last preview, here are the three things the Lakers need to do the right the wrongs of the loss the other night. They had better, because another close loss with bad execution at the end is sending me into the Glenmorangie bottle. 1) Play better defense. Coming into the […]
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On Tap: The Utah Jazz
Happy New Year everyone! Record: 14-16 (Pythagorean 14-16), 9th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 6-4 Laker Record Against Jazz this season: 1-0 (in overtime) Offensive Rating: 100.8 (29th in league) Defensive Rating: 105.1 (12 in league) About the Jazz: The Lakers catch the Jazz in the second game of a back-to-back (they […]
Kobe Suspended
Kobe’s retaliation flagrant foul on Mike Miller in the Memphis game has earned him a two game suspension from the NBA League office. Kobe will not play in either game against the Jazz, Sunday or Tuesday. According to ESPN, the suspension will cost him a little more than I made this year $289,943 😉 Well, […]
Chicken-or-Egg
Rule number one in basketball: the team that shoots better wins. So it’s no shock that the Lakers shoot better in their wins than their losses across the board. But I broke down the true shooting percentages in wins and losses just to see where the better performances are coming from. (I used true shooting […]
Execute Me
Update: The rumor. There seems to be a lot of people looking for it, so here it is: The Lakers would give up Devean George and something (maybe a pick and/or other lesser players) and get in return Ron Artest and Jalen Rose. Toronto is the third team that makes it work. Check out the […]
On Tap: The Memphis Grizzlies
Record: 16-10 (Pythagorean 12-14), 5th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 6-4 Record Against Lakers this season: 1-1 Offensive Rating: (105.1, 18th in league) Defensive Rating: (101, 4th in league) About the Grizzlies: The last time these two hooked up was the final game of the Lakers 5-1 road trip, and LA won […]
Fast Break
Fresh stuff tomorrow for the Memphis game, but in the short term check this stuff out. • Last night the Lakers lost in the second game of a back-to-back, where they got up by 16 then looked sloppy in the second half. Teams tend to struggle in the second game of back-to-backs, and Dallas owner […]
On Tap: The Washington Wizards
Sorry this post is up late, but been busy with family. Record: 11-14 (Pythagorean 13-12), 9th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 4-6 Offensive Rating: (107.7, 10th in league) Defensive Rating: (108, 23th in league) About the Wizards: We just saw them 10 days ago, when the Lakers played a flat first half […]
On Tap: The Miami Heat
Welcome to the most overhyped game of the season. Record: 15-12 (Pythagorean 16-11), 2nd seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: (108.3, 6th in league) Defensive Rating: (103.9, 10th in league) About the Heat : How good you think the Miami Heat is largely depends on your opinion going into the […]
On Tap: The Orlando Magic
Record: 9-14 (Pythagorean 8-15), 11th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 2-8 Offensive Rating: (101.1, 28th in league) Defensive Rating: (105.2, 12th in league) About the Magic: Orlando plays solid team defense, opponents shoot a pretty average 48.6% (eFG%) against them. And those teams only get one shot — the Magic grab the […]