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Lakers and the 2009 All-Star Break
The Los Angeles have 4 days off and I think they need it. My long term concern is that they are trying really hard to gain home court advantage throughout the playoffs. they may be burnt out come... More Laker content from the website......
Streak Busters
The Lakers has just earned a moniker: Streak Busters. First, they halt the Celtics 19-game winning streak. Then, they stop the Celtics 12-game winning streak, in the Boston Garden no less. Now, they... More Laker content from the website......
Bobcats and All-Star Thoughts
First of all, that recent loss against the Bobcats does not count - we expected the Lakers to lose that game. Charlotte is Los Angeles’ kryptonite. I wouldn’t read much into any of the... More Laker content from the website......
Refs hand victory to Spurs over Lakers
Two crucial plays in the last few seconds were against the Lakers. First, Derek Fisher gets called for the fould on Roger Mason. It was a unique play in which Fisher was standing at the back of... More Laker content from the website......
Lakers loss to Pacers is good
The Los Angeles Lakers‘ recent loss to the Pacers is a welcome “development”. The Lakers needed to know that no matter how good their team is, any NBA team is capable of coming... More Laker content from the website......
Kevin Garnett’s Taunting & the Lakers Bandwagon
I think Kevin Garnett’s taunting is classless. I bet he doesn’t taunt like that when he was losing in Minnesota. Having said that, I like how Jose Calderon fought back - now, that was... More Laker content from the website......
The Lakes are quiet
The Laker front is relatively quiet right now so there’s nothing really for me to talk about. Reports indicate that Ron-Ron prefers to play for the Lakers but it looks like Kenny Thomas’ contract is a deal breaker. I like Artest’s d...
Thoughts for Next Season
Alright, the wounds seems to be finally healing. I think I’m ready to write about the Lakers now. First things first, the Celtics deserved that trophy. I still believe that the Lakers were the better team skills-wise even without Bynum. Only, ...
Lakers 2, Spurs 0
Spurs flew home using a New York Knicks plane. Now, isn’t that ominous? For the Spurs, that is. Phil Jackson didn’t wait for the fourth quarter to double-team Tim. PJ, I think, is trying to impress me. Stop it Phil, I already admitt...
Lakers 1, Spurs 0
The Lakers recover from a 20 point deficit to win by 4, 89-85. Using bullet points seem to be an easy way of organizing random thoughts so I’ll use them starting today. I got this idea from Forum Blue & Gold - a highly informative blog sit...
Lakers 4, Jazz 2
Alright Laker fans, shout “All hail Andrei Kirilenko!” With the biggest game of the Jazz this year looming, AK decided to skip practice because he had to arrange his travel papers for a vacation to France. His unsorted priorities must ha...
Lakers 3, Jazz 2
Lakers never trailed and outlasted Jazz 111-104. Maybe Kobe’s injured back is a blessing in disguise for the Los Angeles Lakers. Playing injured forced Kobe to pick his spots and ended up being Mr. Efficient. He scored 26 points on 10 attempt...
Lakers 2, Jazz 2
Los Angeles cut a 12-point deficit in the endgame but Utah survives in OT for a 123-115 win. Utah made a superb defensive effort in the extra period to outscore Los Angeles 15 to 7. The telling stat of the game is the freethrows. The Lakers made 14...
Lakers 2, Jazz 1
Jazz win 104-99. Ouch! Carlos Boozer is back. The man who looks like he’s going to kill you. Yeah, he’s back - he becomes the second coming of Karl Malone as he records a rare 20-20 in the playoffs....
Lakers sweep Nuggets
Denver makes a gallant stand but surprisingly (and yet expectedly) it was J.R. Smith who went down firing. I wrote that Smith would be the x-factor for Denver in this series and he didn’t disappoint. Kobe a.k.a. Mr. Closer put the Nuggets at b...
Lakers 3, Nuggets 0
A great coach from another series is a quote machine. “Both teams pretty much have to do what they do,” Greg Popovich said. “After 100 games that we’ve played you’re not going to change your system. You might adjust a b...
Poison Number Two
They picked a known poison, the Black Mamba. Kobe almost also claimed the prestigious game stat highs - 49 points, 10 assists and 4 rebounds. OK, maybe not almost. Pau became a mortal once more as the god, Kobe, dominated. Lamar was a non-factor p...
Lakers win game 1
Pau Gasol score game highs on points, rebounds and assists! You have to thank George Karl for that. He decided to put K-Mart on Kobe. Smart move, except that it freed up the inside offense of L.A. George Karl had to pick a poison: the Black Mam...
1st Round: Lakers vs Nuggets
The seedings turned out to be not bad at all for the Lakers. Having said that, the Nuggets are a very dangerous team. The past few games, they have come together. The most noticeable is the improvement of J.R. Smith. He will be the x-factor for D...
Lakers clinch no. 1 seed in west
OK, Lakers win over Kings who were without Artest, Miller and Martin. Curiously, Artest did not play. I guess he didn’t want to get embarrassed by a Laker team wanting to claim the top seed. Or maybe… he is planning on joining the Lake...
The playoffs has officially started
The Lakers drubbed the Spurs, 106 - 85. However, Manu did not play for San Antonio. Intentional? Or not? Popovich says Manu is injured. I believe him, but did he really not play because of the injury? Or has Popovich started using playoff tactic...
Lakers beat Hornets 107 - 104
Now that’s more like it… but not quite. Lakers lead by 30 in the 2nd quarter and only win by 3 points in the end? Alright, I have to give it to them despite losing a lead that big. This is the Hornets they’re playing after all. K...
MVP Debate
Here’s my 2 cents worth on this perennial debate: We have to re-define MVP (Most Valuable Player). It shouldn’t be someone who is valuable to its current team but somebody who is valuable to *any* team. Let me explain. We all know there...
Lakers Re-grouping Plan
Chris Mihm, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza are expected to play in the playoffs. I don’t foresee any problems with Chris Mihm. He’s been playing on this Laker team since (finish sentence here). He has a working knowledge of th...
