The Lakers Will Win a Basketball Game Tonight
by DexterFishmore on Mar 19, 2010 9:30 AM PDT
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Ta da! I've done it. I've attained the Platonic ideal of blogging simplicity. Everything you need to know about tonight's game between the Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves is contained in the title above. Yes, there will be a game, and yes, the Lakers will win.
The Timberwolves are not a dangerous opponent. They are a poorly coached, unmotivated, nonfunctional, stench-ridden opponent. It is not important that the Lakers take this game seriously. They could approach this game with all the seriousness of a 2:00 a.m. beer pong tournament, and they'd still win. They could spend the hour before the game literally playing beer pong, and they'd still win.
This is not a trap game. This is not a game we need to worry about the Lakers possibly overlooking. This is not whatever other clichés sportswriters might trot out to convince you there's a story here beyond the obvious one. The opponent is Minnesota. The Lakers are going to win.
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I Have a Dream
by Gil Meriken on Mar 18, 2010 9:00 AM PDT
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As a Lakers fan, I am part of one of the most persecuted and hated fan bases in all of sportsdom. The only other fans that come close to being as blindly judged are New York Yankees fans. I am called all sorts of horrid names: "Kobe Lover", "Faker", "L*ker", "F**ker". I am called fake, obnoxious, arrogant, bandwagon-riding, front running, and Hollywood.
It's assumed I know nothing about basketball, and I am judged based on the worst behavior of the most trollish and most outlandish of my (sports) people.
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The Credits: "Congo"
by wondahbap on Mar 18, 2010 8:01 AM PDT
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- LAKERS: A Chat with Congo Cash - Lakers.com
- Kobe Speaks of DJ’s Special Gift at Lakers.com BasketBlog
- Dave McMenamin with Craig Hodges on the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Tex Winter, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol - ESPN Los Angeles
- NBA.com: Coughing up No. 1 seed in the West? Puh-leeze, Lakers say
- Options For The Pipe (LJ) Dream – Lakernoise
- Never Question the Heart & Soul of a Champion | Lakers Nation
- New K Bros PodKast: Backup guards, starting bigs, obscure March holidays - Land 'O Lakers Blog
MUCH MORE after the Jump...
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This Pau Gasol can talk all he wants
by C.A. Clark on Mar 17, 2010 10:45 AM PDT
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The Lakers followed their 3 game road losing streak with a 3 game road winning streak, and a very important feature of this lovely little 3 game jaunt around the Pacific Division has been the re-emergence of Pau Gasol's game. Check out the Spaniard's last three box scores; it's guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Over the last three, Gasol is averaging 23 pts, a shade under 10 rebs, 2 blocks, and just 1 turnover per game. Oh, and he's shooting 76% FROM FIELD!! The only thing Pau has not done well in the past three is make free throws.
This is the Pau Gasol that had a few experts pegging him as 1st team All NBA last year, and possibly the best pivot player in the league. This is the Gasol that might be considered the most talented 7 footer in the game. He's been gone for a while, and I guess there's no guarantee he's back to stay. But this is the Pau Gasol that we all fell in love with (strictly in a basketball sense, I swear), and this is the Gasol that's earned the right to say whatever he wants.
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The Credits: "California Dreamin'"
by C.A. Clark on Mar 17, 2010 7:06 AM PDT
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Starring the return of domination, 7 feet at a time.
- Lakers 106, Kings 99: Running Diary at Lakers.com BasketBlog
- Lakers' Jordan Farmar is losing time - Los Angeles Times
- Kobe sacrificing his skin, Ron and Sasha playing footsie and Andrew having the best shocked smile - The Orange County Register
- Lakers focused on staying home for playoffs - LA Daily News
- How Much is Too Much Shooting for Kobe? | Lakers of Fire
MUCH MORE after the Jump...
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Behind Bynum and Gasol, the Lakers Hit the Big Five-Oh
by DexterFishmore on Mar 16, 2010 10:41 PM PDT
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There were some rough patches along the way, but in the end the Lakers' road swing through Northern California turned out just fine. Tonight they completed the back-to-back sweep of the Warriors and Kings with a fairly routine 106 to 99 win in Sacramento. The Kings, naturally, aren't anything like the caliber of opponent the Lakers will see in the playoffs, but the performance, especially in the second half, offered a blueprint for how they'll have to win games in May and June: lots of Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, a judiciously aggressive Kobe Bryant and the occasional timely shot from the bench.
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Lakers-Kings Open Thread
by DexterFishmore on Mar 16, 2010 6:52 PM PDT
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Game number 68. Soixante huit. For the second straight night, the Lakers have a superb rookie point guard to deal with. According to me, six is the over/under on Tyreke Evans's shot attempts at the rim.
Get an early start on your St. Patrick's Day drinking upon any mention of:
- The Rookie of the Year race,
- How the Kings are a young team,
- The Carl Landry trade,
- Andres Nocioni and either hustle or energy in the same sentence, or
- Cowbells.
Drink twice whenever a Kings fan shows up in the postgame thread to complain about the refs.
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Stray Bullets: Lakers vs. Warriors 3/15
by wondahbap on Mar 16, 2010 1:30 PM PDT
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Please don't get too caught up in the lack of size of the margin of victory last night. Enjoy the win. There are no guaranteed wins in sports, especially at the pro level. No win should be easy. No matter how you feel about the Lakers play lately, or what they need to do to get rolling. Wins are the best way to do that.
Personally, I don't think the Lakers cared anything about playing at the Warriors tempo. Last night marked the 9th straight win over Golden State. Basically, this team can't beat us. The Lakers know that, and I think they treat the Warriors games as a reason to pad stats (so to speak). Playing like that is fun, and fun for fans to watch. It's even more fun when you can play that way and have about a 2 ft. advantage at every position. The Lakers toy with Golden State. Last night played out like most games between the teams.
Click on through for the rest...
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