Scoring against the Warriors isn’t much of a problem for any team, let alone the Lakers. In fact, in the three previous matchups between the two California squads, L.A. had averaged 124.3 points, all in winning efforts. Make that four wins for a season sweep. L.A. had to settle for 114 points on Thursday night…
LOS ANGELES – The start of a five-game, western road trip holds critical ramifications to the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff aspirations. Sixers forward Andre Iguodala got the trip off to a rip roaring start by sinking a 3-pointer at the final buzzer, to catapult Philadelphia over the Lakers. The Lakers had a foul to give in the final seconds…
In the NBA perhaps more than any other professional league, big leads can be fickle. With 1:18 left in the third quarter of L.A.’s Sunday afternoon game against Dallas, the Lakers led by a comfortable 87-74 margin, a scoreboard reward for generally controlling the Mavs for the entire game. In the next six minutes, however,…
Heading into Houston certainly looked like a tasty challenge for the Lakers, who were entering an arena that hadn’t seen a home loss in 12 games, not to mention dealing with the absence of a suspended Lamar Odom. Well, one player the Lakers had in uniform happened to be the MVP. Kobe Bryant entered Mamba…
L.A.’s Friday night contest against a short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves didn’t prove to be much of a contest as the Lakers cruised to their league-best 50th win in 62 games. Sure enough, when the game’s three biggest highlights come courtesy of D.J. Mbenga, Shannon Brown and … Mbenga again … it’s not a good sign for…
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…
With Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire out with respective ankle and eye injuries, going into STAPLES Center against a rolling crew of purple and gold clad athletes figured to be a tough test… … But one might have thought the Suns could hang around for more than six minutes. Instead, after Phoenix opened a 20-17…
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…
The game plan for L.A. heading into Minnesota was rather simple: use your far superior size inside to expose one of the league’s smallest front lines. That’s precisely what the Lakers did. Behind Andrew Bynum’s 27 points and 15 rebounds, plus 21 and nine from Pau Gasol, the Lakers pounded a Minnesota team that never…
LOS ANGELES – The Charlotte Bobcats went the distance and beyond Tuesday night with the Lakers. It is a journey the Bobcats have taken before. Both have been successful treks. With Kobe Bryant watching helplessly on the bench, Charlotte took control in the second overtime Tuesday night to secure the victory. Not only have the…
LOS ANGELES - After beating the Beast of the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers, last Sunday, the Lakers were paid a visit Thursday night by the Least of the East, the Washington Wizards. If you ask the Wizards, the Lakers were ungracious hosts, in beating Washington for the fourth consecutive time. Seven Lakers scored in double figures…
