The Los Angeles Lakers moved to 2-0 on their East Coast road trip on Saturday night, behind a huge 4th quarter run that put the hometown Charlotte Hornets away, 110-99. In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at Jordan Clarkson’s fantastic night, how Luke Walton picked on Dwight Howard with the […]
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Laker Film Room: Switches Get Stitches
The Los Angeles Lakers are normally excellent at switching on screens, but the Houston Rockets are uniquely equipped to attack that. In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at how Houston utilized their numerous shot creators to render that strategy ineffective, what the Lakers tried to do to counter that, and […]
Laker Film Room: Lakers Collapse in 4th, Lose to Nuggets
In one of the more frustrating games of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the injury-plagued Denver Nuggets on Saturday night, 115-100. In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at two of the main reasons why. The starting lineup was outscored by a whopping 20 points in just 16 […]
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 […]