How bad is Golden State this season? Well, look at the official poll on the Warriors World fan Web site: What does it take to get you through a game this season: 1) 12 oz 2) 40 oz 3) 6 pack 4) 12 pack 5) Case 6) I am clean and sober, but won’t be […]
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My Time With the Clippers
For those of you who are regular readers Bill Simmons (AKA “The Sports Guy”) at ESPN.com you know that he bought season tickets for the Clippers this year, and he has grown fond of the lovable losers of Los Angeles. I think he’s a masochist — a Red Sox fan who finally has one Atlas-like […]
Better Angels of Our Nature
An ugly loss, like the one the Lakers suffered last night in Chicago, is the kind of game that can make you mad, notice only the flaws, the inconsistencies, the problems with your team. And no doubt, with this season’s Lakers there are flaws, certainly more than we are used to. But we need to […]
We Interrupt This Broadcast…
As of 2006, the Lakers and Dodgers will both call KCAL (channel 9) home. (This is only for over the air games, both teams also have deals with Fox Sports for cable.) That could be good news for the Dodgers, KCAL does a nice job with pre- and post-game shows, having reporters with the teams […]
Chicago: The Lakers’ Kind of Town?
When you and I watched last night’s Laker game, we saw Kobe’s great defense — and a breath-taking block in crunch time — and Brian Cook draining threes — including a key one late in the fourth quarter — and we rightly applauded a hard-fought road win. When the Chicago Bulls coaches watch the tape, […]
He Seems To Know His Stuff
Phil Jackson was promoting his book and talking with a writer at the Chicago Tribune (subscription required) about the Lakers. Jackson is asked about the Lakers, whom he took to three titles and four Finals appearances in five years, and he says he hasn’t watched even a quarter yet. “I’ve kind of followed them by […]
There’s No Place Like Home
Two games on the road this week, and while it’s early in the season, so far this Laker team appears to love the home cooking at Staples. (Or, maybe they just like the home cooking at L.A. fav’s such as Roscoe’s or Mastro’s, since I doubt the players eat garlic fries on the third-floor balcony […]
Fall Cleaning
Just clearing my desktop (and head) of notes about the Lakers: * Three games this week, all winnable for a good team — at Milwaukee, at Chicago then home to Golden State. At the end of this week the Lakers could be 11-6 and should be at least 10-7, anything less than that is a […]
Things Are Not Always As They Appear
While watching the Lakers last weekend, from the comfort of my in-law’s couch, I was thinking more and more about the statistic put forward in the LA Times last week — that, at least in terms of scoring, the Lakers are getting the same production from the 3,4 and 5 positions as they did last […]
Tough Test
The good news: The Lakers are 5-1 at home and Sacramento is 1-4 on the road. That’s may be the brightest spot out there for a game tonight against Sacramento that promises to be a real test of how good this Lakers squad is right now. What Sacramento brings to Staples Center — besides a […]