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, […]
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Laker Film Room: Luke Walton Talks Lakers 3-Point Defense
The Lakers have been quite poor at defending the 3-point line over the last few years, ranking 26th in the NBA in 3-point percentage allowed (37.0%) during the 2016-17 season. That trend continued on Monday night, as the Denver Nuggets picked Lakers apart from behind the arc, going 15-27 (55.6%) from distance. In the latest […]
Laker Film Room: Nuggets 113, Lakers 107
The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, 113-107, in the Staples Center debuts for Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma. Kuzma put together yet another strong scoring game, scoring 23 points on 9-17 from the field, including 4-9 from 3-point range. The arc was even kinder to the Nuggets, who scorched […]
Laker Film Room: Timberwolves 108, Lakers 99
The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night 108-99, in a predictably sloppy game. Luke Walton warned that the Lakers had installed “zero percent” of the half court offense just a day before, and that was reflected in a very limited menu of plays on display at the Honda Center in […]
Laker Film Room: How Andrew Bogut fits in with the Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers put the finishing touches on their training camp roster on Monday evening, signing free agent big man Andrew Bogut to a 1 year, $2.3M contract. While the contract is only partially guaranteed, Bogut is a favorite of Lakers Coach Luke Walton and believed to have the inside track on the 15th […]