Lakers Season Report Cards 2011-12 – Jordan Hill
2011-12 Grade: C+ When Jordan Hill was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers from the Houston Rockets at the trade deadline in March, he was simply known as the guy who management traded the beloved Derek Fisher for. The Lakers…
Lakers Pass the Torch to the Thunder…For Now
Everyone knew going into this series that it was going to be challenging and would test the Lakers as a team. For the second year in a row, the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs in the second round after…
Lakers vs. Thunder Pre-Game Report: Lakers Look to Bounce Back in Pivotal Game 3
The Lakers look to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss in Game 2 as they continue the series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Game 3 marks the start of back-to-back games in Los Angeles. Now that the Lakers have fallen…
What We Learned About the Lakers From Game 2 vs the Thunder
This loss is going to take a bit of time to get over. I still have no words for the last two minutes of Game 2 when the Lakers managed to blow a seven point lead, and I'm a writer.…
What Went Wrong for the Lakers in Game 1 Against the Thunder
Well, this wasn't the impression that the Lakers should have made on the second round series opener against the Thunder, was it? The Lakers were coming off a grueling first round series against the Denver Nuggets that went the full…
Western Conference Semi-Finals Preview: Lakers Face the Thunder
The first round of the Western Conference playoffs is over for the Lakers. They finally defeated the Denver Nuggets in seven games. Once again the Lakers were a tale of two teams, but they were able to get the job…
Lakers vs. Nuggets Pre-Game Report: Win or Go Home
Game 6 was a game the Laker fans and the team want to forget ever happened. Besides Kobe Bryant, the team's lack of effort and urgency that was displayed on the court from the opening-tip on Thursday night was enormously…
Gasol’s Poor Performance Impacts the Lakers and His Future with L.A.
The vast majority of Laker fans and the basketball community have praised Pau Gasol for the manner in which he dealt with being traded to Houston, having the trade nixed a few hours later and playing through constant trade rumors…
Lakers vs. Nuggets Pre-Game Report: Lakers Look to Win Pivotal Game 4
The Lakers go into tonight’s game in the “Mile High City” coming off of a terrible loss on Friday night. This is the fourth game of the first round series and the Lakers remain on top with a 2-1 lead…
Biggest Strength for the Lakers Remains in the Frontcourt
For a while now the Lakers' biggest strength has been their length. For a few seasons, the length was created by Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom. So when Odom was traded away to Dallas this past December, the…