Box Score: Lakers 93, Hornets 91 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 113.4, Hornets 111.0 True Shooting %: Lakers 59.1%, Hornets 55.4% The Lakers have lost two straight coming into this game against New Orleans. At this point, there are no sure wins for the Lakers, even if it’s against the team with the worst record in the […]
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Lakers/Suns: Defense Is A Foreign Word
Box Score: Lakers 105, Suns 125 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.5, Suns 131.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 52.0%, Suns 63.4% The outlook went from bad to worse with Kobe becoming a late scratch in this game due to… uh… tenosynovitis. In other words, his shin is bothering him. Meanwhile, the Suns are fighting for a playoff […]
Lakers/Rockets: Club 17 In Effect Again
Box Score: Lakers 107, Rockets 112 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.1, Rockets 113.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 58.2%, Rockets 60.3% Lakers had a four-game winning streak coming into this while the Rockets are fighting for their playoff lives. Also of note? The Rockets won their last meeting against the Lakers. L.A. hoped for a different result […]
Lakers/Clippers: Battle Of L.A. 2012, Part 3
Box Score: Lakers 113, Clippers 108 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 121.5, Clippers 116.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 63.1%, Clippers 54.3% You can call it a rivalry if you want. But a lot was definitely on the line. Who was going to get a stranglehold on the Pacific Division? The Lakers had won three straight (albeit against […]
Lakers/Rockets: L.A. Is Not Clutch City
Box Score: Lakers 104, Rockets 107 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 114.3, Rockets 117.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 60.1%, Rockets 62.3% So much for momentum after that terrible home loss against the Utah Jazz. Maybe they only turned it over 23 times in 3 quarters in this game! And maybe Kobe Bryant made four shots to improve […]
Lakers/Wolves: New Lakers In Sessions
Box Score: Lakers 97, Wolves 92 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 106.6, Wolves 101.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 56.4%, Wolves 47.7% The trade deadline is gone. For months (heck, for years), us Laker fans knew what we wanted. What we really, really wanted. We wanted a much better PG. The deadline cost the Lakers Derek Fisher. But […]
Lakers/Hornets: Working Overtime Again
Box Score: Lakers 107, Hornets 101 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 117.6, Hornets 111.0 True Shooting %: Lakers 59.6%, Hornets 57.5% Lakers go into the tail end of a back-to-back with TIRED legs. They played a double overtime game against Memphis the night before. But no rest for these weary Lakers. THE GOOD After a bit of […]
Lakers/Wolves: I Don’t Even Know This Team Anymore
Box Score: Lakers 105, Wolves 102 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 115.4, Wolves 112.1 True Shooting %: Lakers 59.7%, Wolves 58.8% After winning eight of ten, the Lakers looked like the Lakers we’ve known all season after they lost winnable games on the road against Detroit and Washington. And it looked like they were going to be […]
Lakers/Kings: Who Was That Masked Man?
Box Score: Lakers 115, Kings 107 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 119.8, Kings 111.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 65.5%, Kings 51.0% This looked like the perfect trap game for the Lakers. The Lakers have a much-anticipated showdown against the Miami Heat on Sunday afternoon. I’m sure the Kings don’t like being overlooked. But did the Lakers overlook […]
Lakers/Mavericks: Revenge Continued
Box Score: Lakers 96, Mavs 91 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 110.3, Mavs 104.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 58.0%, Mavs 48.7% We knew that the Lakers had a bit of a tough mini-road trip ahead before the All-Star break. The Mavs have been pretty hot. They won 7 of their last 8 going into this game. THE […]