The Rodeo Trip Hits Rodeo Drive
by DexterFishmore on Feb 8, 2010 9:30 AM PST
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Who's ready for some more score-settling? After embarrassing the Trail Blazers on Friday night in Portland, the Lakers now confront the San Antonio Spurs. Their longtime Western Conference foils smashed them by 20 a month ago. The teams will play thrice more this regular season, the first rematch unfolding tonight back at Staples.
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The Credits: The Injury Bug
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Feb 8, 2010 6:55 AM PST
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Highlights for Today:
Much More After the Jump.....
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Here's your Super Bowl - Lakers tie-in ... This was a Super Bowl ad from Taco Bell starring Charles Barkley with a cameo from Lamar Odom at the end!
Don't know if I'll be getting that box, though, it might make me feel sick ...
Rest, Baby, Rest: An Open Memo to Kobe Bryant
by DexterFishmore on Feb 7, 2010 9:30 AM PST
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See, Kobe? That wasn't so hard, was it? You're entitled to a night off every now and then, especially when you've enough injuries to qualify for disability in several states. Those teammates you've got? They're good. Most of them are, I mean. They can be counted on not to load their pants on the rare occasion you're not around to rescue them.
I know your heart's been in the right place. You get paid to play basketball, and that's what you want to do. Totes laudable. If all the world had your professionalism and tenacity, it would run a hell of a lot better than it does. It goes without saying that you live for the approval of Silver Screen and Roll authors, so please rest assured that you have it from now until the Rapture.
(Or until you retire and start making commercials for San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino.)
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Appreciate Transcendence
by C.A. Clark on Feb 6, 2010 10:19 PM PST
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Also file under "That's why they play the game." Games are not played on paper. Last night, for example, the Lakers took on the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center. The Nuggets were without their superstar, Carmelo Anthony. The Lakers were at (relatively) full strength. The game was at Staples, where the Lakers were 24-3. On paper, the Lakers clearly had the upper hand. We all know what happened next. Chauncey Billups turned in one of the transcendent performances of the season, draining 9-13 3 pt shots en route to 39 points, as the Nuggets brought a mini-gun to a shoot out and beat the Lakers against the odds.
Tonight, it was the Lakers who were staring at the wrong side of the paper equation. And it was Lamar Odom who provided the transcendent performance which allowed the Lakers to finally get over the hump in Portland, 99-82.
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Lakers-Blazers Open Thread
by DexterFishmore on Feb 6, 2010 6:30 PM PST
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I hope you're not tuning in tonight to see Kobe Bryant or Brandon Roy. Thanks to ankle and hamstring injuries, respectively, neither of them will play. Bummer! But it'll be fascinating to see how the Lakers adjust, no?
Get a little more beery upon any mention of:
- Roy sitting out,
- Kobe sitting out,
- How the Lakers are looking forward to the All-Star break,
- How the Trail Blazers are looking forward to the All-Star break, or
- Nine straight losses.
Troll alert, activate.
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Well, NOW can we panic?
by Saurav A. Das on Feb 6, 2010 9:37 AM PST
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The answer is still a pretty definitive 'no'. However, we can, and should, be very concerned for the way the Lakers are playing this season. Yesterday's game was a prime example.
Part of losing the game was Billups getting insanely hot, posting a career high 9 threes (on only 13 attempts!) and 39 points, before J.R. decided to take his turn, and a lot of those shots were out of our control. To most of them, the Lakers actually got good contests up. Defensively, asides from two or three of those shots, there was nothing L.A. could have done. Our offense is, as usual, where the problem primarily lies. There are several issues that I believe it has come time to seriously discuss and not sweep under the rug, as our record against good teams is poison lying in wait. These issues have been briefly outlined after the jump.
This post shall be curt and blunt yet long. There shall be no humour in this, no lightheartedness. This is serious. This is business. If you are at least somewhat worried about the Lakers' struggles of late, I highly recommend you read on. If not, and I doubt C.A. will like me saying this, but it must be said; this post isn't for you and I recommend you don't waste your time.
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The Credits: "The War of the Roses"
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Feb 6, 2010 9:00 AM PST
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Highlights for Today:
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