Gasol Delivers a Blunder, Will it be His Last?
Okay, so after having Pau Gasol in Los Angeles for a little over three years now we should be able to recognize a few of his quirks. Prefers to not get muscled-out around the rim. Check. Will settle for an…
Chris Paul Can Hurt the Lakers, but Can’t Beat Them
There’s a reason why the pick-and-roll is the go-to offense in the NBA. It’s a sequence that always subscribes to the same basic action—a player sets the pick, while the other rolls to the basket, finds an open teammate, shoots…
Revisiting the Rivalry on The Kings’ Last Night in Sacramento
Game No. 82. For the Lakers, it’s just another ordinary Wednesday night. It’s the last game of the season, that just-so-happens to end on the second night of a back-to-back against the Sacramento Kings. No thrills, no frills and no…
Top 5 Lakers Playoff Subplots
Just prior to the Lakers match-up against the Utah Jazz, the team had been on a 17-1 run post All-Star break. Three games later, the Lakers have straight losses to the Jazz, Nuggets and Warriors. Not exactly the best way to head…
Tex Winter, the Triangle and Kobe Bryant ‘The Closer’
An interesting thing happens with 1:10 to go in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA finals. The score is Lakers 76, Celtics 73. Kobe Bryant has the ball with Ray Allen defending him. He dribbles to his right, sees the…
Comparing Lakers Benches: 2009-10′ vs 2010-11′
At the start of the season, Phil Jackson had a good feeling about the current Lakers squad. Such a good feeling, that he even made the proclamation that is was his deepest Lakers team aside from the 1999-00 bunch that…
Gasol the Biggest Benefactor in Bynum’s Sustained Health
Over the course of the past few weeks, the Lakers have won convincingly over potential conference hurdles, Oklahoma City, Portland, San Antonio and Dallas. They’ve played big against some of the better teams in the East, Orlando and Atlanta (twice).…
Coaching Staff Sells Bynum on Defense, Lakers Roll
After losing five-straight games, Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh made a public plea to his teammates to feed him the ball more in the lower post. Against the Lakers, Bosh had one of his better games and most definitely…
The Lakers Preach What The Heat Have Yet to Learn
The then LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers faced the Atlanta Hawks in round two of the 2009 NBA playoffs. It was game four, the Hawks down three games to none. For about a quarter or so the Hawks put up a…
The House That Kobe Built is Stronger than Ever
June 17, 2008. Already I think I've lost a few readers. How dare I bring up the single most forgetful day in recent Lakers memory? In retrospect, was it really that bad? Okay, so maybe it was. But shouldn't the…
