Lakers News: Blazers Prepared to Use Hack-A-Dwight
After an awful night from the free-throw line, shooting 3-of-14 in the loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the Portland Trail Blazers plan to force Dwight Howard to beat them from the charity stripe on Wednesday night at the Rose Garden…
Lakers Media Team Give a Visual Analysis of Lakers Loss to Mavs
The new-look Los Angeles Lakers lost their first game of the 2012-13 NBA season last night falling to the Dallas Mavericks at the Staples Center, 99-91. In the aftermath of the first loss of the season, the Lakers franchise has…
The Not So Fantastic Four: Free Throws, Rebounds, Defense, Turnovers
One of the most common sports jeers, and perhaps one of the most effective, is a mere syllabic enunciation of a seemingly harmless word: Fun-da-men-tals. Had the Lakers played their season opener in that God-forsaken little town of Dallas, that…
Lakers Still Working to Build Chemistry in Princeton Offense
With eager anticipation, I already knew exactly what I would write for this opening night column. Even though the 0-8 preseason left all of us with a disappointing vibe heading into last night's game, there was still plenty of room…
Lakers News: Mike Brown Talks About Pressures of New Season
The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most storied franchises in NBA history and there is certainly pressure that comes with being a member of the team. From the demanding fan base to the scores of media outlets, it…
The Theme For The 2012-13 Lakers: Cautious Optimism
I remember October 28, 2003 like it was a yesterday. In fact, I still have the "Lakers Reloaded" poster that was handed out at Staples Center to those of us who were lucky enough to attend the first meaningful game…
TNT’s Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal Believe Lakers Must Win Now
As arguably the team with the most pressure to win immediately headed into the 2012-13 NBA season, the new-look Los Angeles Lakers will be under a microscope from now until June; if they make it that far. With the additions…
Lakers vs. Trail Blazers Pre-Game Report: Lakers Finish Back-to-Back in Portland
The 2012-13 regular season has officially kicked off for the Los Angeles Lakers. An incredible off-season has built high excitement in Lakerland and the expectations for the team are at the highest level. Opening night did not go as planned…
Nash, Howard Debut But Lakers Fall to Mavericks in Opener
The Los Angeles Lakers started the 2012 season Tuesday night at Staples against the Mavericks, giving eager fans a first glimpse of the new-look team in real action. With both teams reeling from disappointing and unimpressive losses to the Thunder…
Metta World Peace With the Vintage Metta World Peace Move
It only took one half of basketball for us to get to the first good Ron/bad Ron moment of the season. Towards the end of the first half of the Lakers/Mavs game bad Ron showed up with just a few…
