While I’m not entirely sure that a bad team is capable of having a schedule loss, tonight’s contest against the Utah Jazz certainly felt like one. After falling to the Toronto Raptors in Los Angeles the night before, the Lakers flew to Salt Lake City to take on one of the more disciplined teams in […]
Game Recap
Lakers Go Cold in 4th, Fall to Raptors 101-92
The Lakers’ lack of perimeter scoring reared its ugly head on Friday night, as the visiting Toronto Raptors closed them out with a late 14-0 run to win 101-92. Veteran teams like the Raptors often know how and when to turn the screws, and the Lakers struggled as Luke Walton sifted through a perplexing substitution […]
Lakers/Thunder (Game 5): The End
Box Score: Lakers 90, Thunder 106 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 94.7, Thunder 111.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 55.7%, Thunder 55.5% Ya know… I don’t even know how to start this as I have the unenviable task of writing this Game 5 recap. I’m going to be all over the place (I’m probably not even going to […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 7): Temporary Relief
Box Score: Lakers 96, Nuggets 87 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 112.9, Nuggets 102.4 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.0%, Nuggets 47.2% Say it with me, everybody. WHEW! As a basketball fan, it was one hell of a game. As a Laker fan, it was like taking the test for your driver’s license. Yes, there were some rolling […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 6): Full Of Vomit
Box Score: Lakers 96, Nuggets 113 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 101.1, Nuggets 118.9 True Shooting %: Lakers 53.0%, Nuggets 59.6% Well, before the game, Kobe Bryant was said to have a stomach ailment. Everyone and their mothers and pets immediately compared this to the Jordan Flu Game of 1997. Never mind that this is a first […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 4): Tap The Rockies
Box Score: Lakers 92, Nuggets 88 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.2, Nuggets 103.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.1%, Nuggets 49.6% The Good This was the type of game the Lakers wanted to play. It was on their favored slow pace instead of the breakneck speed the Denver Nuggets wanted to do. The Nuggets fought valiantly, yes, […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 2): Just Buy Your Tacos
Box Score: Lakers 104, Nuggets 100 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 111.8, Nuggets 107.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.7%, Nuggets 52.2% Seeing as the two other playoff games earlier tonight couldn’t hold home court, we’re all hoping it’s a different story in Staples Center. THE GOOD And well… it showed early that this was JUST a bad […]
Lakers/Thunder: Elbow To The Thunder’s Head
BOX SCORE: Lakers 114, Thunder 106 (2OT) This isn’t going to be the normal good/bad/ugly recap like you normally see out of me. I suppose you can say that I’m mailing in my recap much like the Lakers did today against the Thunder. Until the 4th quarter, that is. Of course, we’ll have to talk […]
Lakers/Nuggets: The Matt Barnes Show
Box Score: Lakers 103, Nuggets 97 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.8, Nuggets 104.3 True Shooting %: Lakers 63.3%, Nuggets 50.9% For the fourth straight game, the Lakers were going to be without Kobe Bryant, who was still out with tuberculosis or whatever that shin injury is called. Looks like it was up to the other guys […]
Lakers/Spurs: Club 17 Paint Job
Box Score: Lakers 98, Spurs 84 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.1, Spurs 94.4 True Shooting %: Lakers 53.5%, Spurs 50.6% The Lakers faced San Antonio for the first time this season. Kobe was still out. The Spurs rested Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili in the previous game so they would feel more fresh. We […]