What on earth is going on with Julius Randle and the Los Angeles Lakers? The curious case is akin to an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a paucity of opportunities—a talented player whose duties keep getting shifted like a temp secretary in the steno pool, all while delivering the most efficient scoring attack […]
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Brandon Ingram’s Dagger Helps Sixers Process Defeat
On Thursday night, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 107-104, behind a Brandon Ingram game winner with 0.8 seconds left. In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at the ups and downs of Ingram’s performance, how Lonzo Ball utilized his speed to compromise the Sixers in transition, Julius Randle’s […]
Laker Film Room: Julius Randle Sparks Huge 2nd Half Comeback
The Los Angeles Lakers were perilously close to a second home loss to an inferior opponent this week, after a lackluster first half against the lowly Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. They came out with renewed vigor in the second half, behind particularly notable performances by Julius Randle and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, prevailing 103-94. In this […]
Laker Film Room: Lonzo Ball Gets Triple-Double as Lakers Beat Nuggets
The Los Angeles Lakers bounced back in style on Sunday night, beating the Denver Nuggets 127-109 in their best offensive performance of the season. Lonzo Ball (11 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists, +29) and Julius Randle (24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, +27) led the way, as the Lakers notched a season-high 36 assists. In […]
Lakers Data Report: Pistons Game
LA had their most impressive win Tuesday against the Detroit Pistons, who came into the game just one win out of the top record in the league. This was the first game out of the seven Los Angeles has played so far that both their offense and defense graded out above average for the contest. […]
Laker Film Room: Lakers Fire on All Cylinders, Beat Pistons
The Los Angeles Lakers put together their most complete performance of the season on Tuesday night, thoroughly outclassing the Detroit Pistons, 113-93. The Lakers’ half court offense was the most pleasant surprise of the evening, tallying 30 assists amongst 10 different players. In the latest installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at […]
Laker Film Room: Lakers Defense Tortures Wizards For 53 Minutes
The Los Angeles Lakers have always been the best soap opera in sports, but the Lonzo Ball experience is something to behold, even by their gaudy standards. What should have been a routine, mid-week matchup against a quality Eastern Conference opponent turned into a war of words between LaVar Ball and Marcin Gortat, with John […]
Lakers Close out Wizards 102-99 in Overtime
Whether or not the Lakers won this game, it would have been their best effort of the season. Their overall competitiveness, their commitment defensively, and how they stayed with the gameplan offensively — all against a really good team, too — to stay connected on the scoreboard over the course of the full game made […]
Lakers Analysis: Ten Takeaways from Lakers Preseason
Lakers preseason is over and the regular season is around the corner. But before we close the chapter on the exhibition season, it’s good to take a look back and think about what we learned and how those games can inform our expectations for the real games. So, without further ado, here are ten takeaways […]
Laker Film Room: Lakers 75, Kings 69
Las Vegas continued to be kind to the Los Angeles Lakers, as they got their first win of the preseason, beating the Sacramento Kings 75-69 in a contest that only early-October could love. Brook Lopez made his Lakers debut, and Luke Walton decided to start Larry Nance, Jr. in place of Julius Randle. Randle was undaunted, […]