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Around the World (Wide Web): Kobe’s Ankle; Bynum’s Performance
From Broderick Turner, LA Times: Kobe Bryant, who sprained his left ankle Saturday night against the Dallas Mavericks, has been listed as a game-time decision for Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic at Staples Center, Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. Bryant, who arrived late to the team’s training facility in El Segundo, didn’t practice Sunday, preferring...
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March 14, 2011
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Lakers/Mavericks: L.A.’s Big Size Knocks off Big D
In a game that meant everything for making up ground in the West, the Lakers gave it everything they had. Led by one of Andrew Bynum’s best — and most timely — performances of the season, L.A. effectively controlled the tempo for most of the game’s 48 minutes. Bynum was a beast on both ends of the floor, scoring 22 points, including several aggressive moves in the painted...
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March 13, 2011
Friday Afternoon Reading
Last night’s game has stuck with some folks into today. That tends to happen when a very winnable game turns into a loss and the opponent is of the marquee variety. And while I don’t want to dwell too much longer on last night’s contest – especially with a much more important game, strategically, tomorrow in Dallas - below is some afternoon reading to get you through the...
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March 11, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/Heat Reactions
From Dave McMenamin, ESPNLA: As the clock ticked toward midnight Thursday evening, long after players from both teams had filed out of American Airlines Arena following the Miami Heat’s 94-88 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant emerged from the visitors locker room and headed back to the court. It was time for Kobe doin’ work, after doin’ work. “I...
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March 11, 2011
Lakers/Heat: Heat Forces Lakers to Open Window of Opportunity
They say it’s the contrasting styles that make the fight, and tonight we were blessed with a hell of a battle as the Heat outlasted the Lakers in a 94-88 victory in South Beach. The Heat, with their strong perimeter play were able to beat the Lakers in their own game — with their strong inside play and defense — were able to simultaneously end two of the most talked about streaks...
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March 11, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/Heat Story Lines
From Kevin Arnovitz, Heat Index: Bad news for the Heat: When the Lakers are fully healthy (read: Andrew Bynum), they execute the brand of pressure, ball-side defense that both Boston and Chicago deploy and that gives the Heat fits. Over the past five games, the Lakers have allowed only 94.6 points per 100 possessions. That’s astounding, particularly when you consider that stretch...
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March 10, 2011
Exploring Meaning, Motivation, and Miami
The Heat are floundering.
Five consecutive losses, especially of the variety that the Heat have had, can put any team on tilt. Stories like Cry-Gate or deeper examinations of your best players’ clutch performances just make the hole deeper. But this is now the reality for the Heat. When a team is one of the predetermined league powers and labeled a contender both internally by...
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March 09, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/Hawks Reactions
From Andy Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: On several counts, it was another outstanding effort from the Lakers. Individually, several players brought their A-game. Andrew Bynum continued his reign of terror, blocking three shots, altering several other shots he couldn’t get his paws on, and snagging 12 defensive rebounds (16 in all). Derek Fisher drew a pair of charges (one against...
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March 09, 2011
Lakers/Hawks: And The Wins Keep Coming
There seems to be a pattern developing here.
Using their defense as the catalyst and crisp offensive execution to remove any doubt about the outcome, the Lakers defeated the Hawks 101-87 to earn their 8th straight win and continue their hot streak.
At this point, when trying to summarize the action from this game, I think it’d be easier to cut and paste portions from recaps...
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March 09, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Kobe as an under-shooter?
From Devin Kharpertian, TrueHoop: What’s also notable is that the undershooters “undershot” almost twice as much as the overshooters “overshot.” But the most surprising revelation had to be Goldman’s figures on Kobe Bryant, which found that he slightly leaned towards the side of undershooting. I don’t think anyone in NBA history has accused...
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March 08, 2011
Revisiting The Steve Blake Signing
Steve Blake was the “marquee” Laker acquistion this past off-season. When the news first broke that the Lakers had signed him, I thought it was a very good idea and praised the pick up. Afterall, he has all the requisite skills to be a very good Triangle PG and his history as a solid contributor who rarely tries to break out of his role while consistently focusing on his team’s...
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March 07, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/Spurs Reactions
From Brian Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: It’s a stretch to say the Lakers have somehow been written off in the national conversation about this year’s NBA champion, not when seemingly every opposing player and coach, along with substantial portions of the media, consistently refer to them as the team to beat. Still, for much of the season, the “What’s Wrong With the Lakers...
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March 07, 2011
Lakers/Spurs: Picturesque Play Silences The Spurs
Whether or not you believe in statement games, the Lakers certainly made a statement today versus the Spurs. By controlling the game from the opening tip and cruising to a 99-83 win (a score that didn’t reflect just how handily the Lakers controlled this contest, by the way), the Lakers moved to their post all-star record to 7-0 and showed that they’re a team ascending as the...
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March 06, 2011
Lakers/Bobcats: It Wasn’t Pretty, But Lakers Still Streaking
It’s said that revenge is a dish best served cold.
Tonight the Lakers proved that saying true as they got their payback against the Bobcats but did so by shooting only 38% from the field and playing a pretty poor game on offense overall. But that performance was good enough to take down the ‘Cats 92-84 to extend their winning streak to 6 games and remain undefeated since...
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March 05, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Since The All Star Break…
From Brian Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: Thursday afternoon in El Segundo, Derek Fisher was asked what accounts for the team’s strong second halves since the break, particularly against Oklahoma City and Minnesota: “[We] understand it’s a 48 minute game. I think we’ve done a good job of trying to win the game in the first quarter. I think there were times earlier in the season...
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March 04, 2011
How Important Is The 2nd Seed To The Lakers?
There are exactly 20 games left in the Lakers’ regular season. That’s 20 games to shore up any issues that they have and go into the post-season playing as well as they can be.
That’s also 20 games to either rise or fall in the playoff standings as the jockeying for seeding comes down to the home stretch. And with that in mind, I ask, how important is playoff seeding to the...
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March 03, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): Lakers/’Wolves Reactions
From Andy Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: It took nearly three quarters before the Lakers finally looked like the Lakers at the Target Center. After tying the game at 58 with a 15 footer, Kobe Bryant drilled a three pointer and set up Lamar Odom at the rim with a slick fake shot-pass. The flood gates proceeded to open as expected when the two-time defending champions face a team waiting...
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March 02, 2011
Should Kobe Bryant Guard Point Guards More Often?
Defending point guards has long been an issue for the Lakers. Derek Fisher is a good defender is several ways – he’s a bulldog fighting through screens, he’s still a master at drawing offensive fouls, and there are few players I’d trust more as the last man back in a 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 situation for the opposition – but man on man/on an island defense...
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February 28, 2011
Lakers/Thunder: This Game Proves LA Is Rounding Into Form
Resiliency.
This is a trait that every championship team needs and the Lakers seem to have found their storage supply since coming back from the all-star break. After coming back from a big deficit in Portland earlier in the week, the Lakers again tapped into their reserves and held on against the Thunder and win 90-87 to claim their 2nd straight tough road win and their 4th straight...
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February 27, 2011
Lakers At The Movies
Mike Crowder returns for another piece here at FB&G. With the Oscars coming up tomorrow and the Lakers considered (to a certain extent) “Hollywood”, Mike takes a look at the Lakers at the movies. Enjoy.
As fans, we seek to understand our athletes. We want to know why they do what they do. We want to know the motivation of previous actions to help us predict what they will...
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February 26, 2011
Lakers/Clippers: A Tale Of Two Power Forwards
Long story short, the Lakers beat the Clippers 108-95 to earn their third consecutive win and continue their post all-star break turnaround that has them on the right track in their push for the post-season.
And while Kobe was brilliant in the third quarter outscoring the Clippers 18-17 all on his own – making a variety of jumpers on classic displays of fundamental footwork and...
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February 26, 2011
Around the World (Wide Web): A Few Trade Links
From Mark Medina, LA Times: Throughout his rehabilitation process, Lakers forward Matt Barnes has understood the fine line between pushing up the intensity toward healing his surgically repaired right knee and putting himself at further risk. But his might be one of those times when his desire to come back quickly has gotten the best of him. “No,” Coach Phil Jackson said Thursday...
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February 25, 2011
Talking Trades At The Deadline
Here we stand only a few hours from the trade deadline. However, the Lakers are not very likely to make any sort of deal. After all, they’ve won two consecutive games against quality teams with last night Kobe Bryant coming up big in the closing moments to the surprise of no one that was actually tasked with stopping him. So even with Magic Johnson tweeting the Lakers need to make...
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February 24, 2011
Lakers/Blazers: Artest The Catalyst, Kobe The Closer
This win simply feels better than others. As I mentioned in the game preview, a home/road back to back in an arena that the Lakers have traditionally struggled in is a tough task and the fact that the Lakers were able to leave the Rose Garden with a 106-101 victory as Laker fans chanted MVP for Kobe Bryant (without boos drowning them out) is something I’ll remember for some time...
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February 24, 2011
Lakers/Hawks: Where Joe Smith Played.
I am way too tired/lazy to write a cohesive essay recapping the game, so you all get a recap in list form!
-The Hawks started off frostbite-cold (and pretty much finished frostbite-cold). They shot a combined 1-15 from three, 30-83 overall, and 19/28 from the free throw line! That’s 7%, 37%, and 68%. Part of that was the absolutely suffocating Laker defense, but a lot of...
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February 23, 2011
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