Despite his struggles as a scorer, Lonzo Ball continues to demonstrate his remarkable passing ability, averaging 7.1 assists per game (7th in the NBA) along with an eyebrow raising assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.7-to-1. In the latest installment of Laker Film Room, I continue documenting all of Ball’s passes that created an advantage, whether it led […]
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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 […]
Laker Film Room: Lonzo Ball’s First Career Triple-Double Isn’t Enough, 98-90
On Saturday night, Lonzo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double, as the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Milwaukee Bucks, 98-90. The Lakers were a +10 in the 38 minutes that Lonzo was on the court, and a ghastly -18 in the 10 minutes that he was off. In […]
Laker Film Room: Lonzo Ball Passing Compilation, Vol. 2
Lost in Lonzo Ball’s shooting struggles is the fact that he is one of the few players who enters the NBA with an elite skill. He enters Saturday night’s contest with the Milwaukee Bucks ranked 8th in the NBA with 6.9 assists per game, sporting an impressive 2.77-to-1 assist to turnover ratio. In this installment […]
Laker Film Room: Why Lonzo Ball is Struggling to Score
Lonzo Ball is shooting 30.8% from the field and 25.6% from 3PT range, while vacillating between shooting too much or barely at all. For this installment of Laker Film Room, I went back and looked at every regular season shot attempt that he has taken to date to identify where he’s struggling, and what he can […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Brooklyn Nets
The Lakers are coming off an encouraging loss — though a 113-110 loss nonetheless — against the Trailblazers in Portland Thursday night. A game that saw the Lakers battle back from a huge deficit and take the lead, only to have Damian Lillard crush their hopes with a last second game winner. I’ll take this effort, even […]
Laker Film Room: Lonzo Ball Passing Compilation, Vol. 1
I believe that Lonzo Ball will go down as one of the great passers that the game has ever seen. He possesses the vision and ability to distribute with either hand that is reminiscent of Magic Johnson, John Stockton, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, and the list of comparable passers doesn’t extend […]
Post Game Data Report: Lakers vs Wizards
The Lakers drew even on the season with a 102-99 overtime win at home against the Wizards on Wednesday. Their defense kept them in the game and some big plays late sealed the victory. The Lakers Offense It was a rough day at the office for the Lakers offense, but somehow they survived it. If […]
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 Podcast: Debating the Lineups
In the latest Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the Lakers first three games of the season and, specifically, the lineups Luke Walton has been using. We dive hard into whether Walton is starting the team’s best 5 players, whether the players who are starting complement each other well, and whether the Ingram/Nance […]