Records: Lakers 63-17 (1st in West); Grizzlies 23-56 (12th in West) Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 112.8 (3rd); Grizzlies 103.6 (28th) Defensive Efficiency: Lakers 104.9 (6th); Grizzlies 109.6 (21st) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Fisher, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol, Bynum; Grizzlies: Conley, Mayo, Gay, Arthur, Gasol. Thoughts on the Portland Loss: This loss hurts on a few fronts. First,…
LOS ANGELES – Once the playoffs begin, the Lakers’ second unit is going to be paramount in the team’s quest for the NBA title. With that in mind and belief that the bench corps has to step up its game, Lakers coach Phil Jackson gave them an extended run in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s victory…
Records: Lakers 48-12 (1st in the West) Grizzlies 15-43 (13th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 113.9 (1st in league) Grizzlies 102.4 (29th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.5 (6th in league) Grizzlies 109.4 (20th in league) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Grizzlies Mike Conley, O.J. Mayo,…
First, let me send out our thoughts and prayers to Andrew Bynum. Let’s all stay as optimistic as possible until we get the results of the MRI he will be getting tomorrow in New York. Now back to the game, we didn’t start the game well and after Bynum went down, we seemed to play…
Records: Lakers 36-9 (1st in the West) Grizzlies 11-34 (13th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 114.1 (1st in league) Grizzlies 101.8 (29th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.0 (6th in league) Grizzlies 109.4 (24th in league) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Grizzlies Mike Conley, O.J. Mayo,…
The Lakers needed the help of the young Memphis Grizzlies’ stretch-run mistakes and a tie-breaking 3-point shot by Kobe Bryant in the final minute to avoid an embarrassing three-game losing streak. The Grizzlies managed to blow a 91-85 lead in the last three-plus minutes, making fundamental mistakes including forgetting to bring a help defender on…
Los Angeles loss to the Magic on Saturday night won’t make the Grizzlies job any easier. Even without the loss it is that it is highly unlikely that the Lakers would take the Grizzlies for granted in this game. Pau Gasol is returning to Memphis for the 1st time and Kobe Bryant was impressed with…
