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Los Angeles Lakers Lose To Undermanned Milwaukee Bucks: A Preview for Christmas
December 22nd, 2010
Want a good fantasy tip? Pick up free agents who will be playing a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. They’re more than likely to set a career high record. At the very least, a season high.
For reasons beyond all comprehensibility in the most basic of foundational truths, the Lakers ...
Los Angeles Lakers Lose To Memphis Grizzlies, 96-98: No Heroics for Kobe Bryant
November 30th, 2010
Many had boasted that since Pau came to the Lakers, Los Angeles has only lost three in a row once. Tonight marks the second time this has happened, while it’s also the second losing streak in the past 18 games. The Lakers traded leads with the Grizzlies 17 times until ...
Kobe Bryant’s 41 Useless in Lakers’ Loss To the Pacers
November 28th, 2010
by Tim Lee On the eve of the San Diego Chargers blowing out the Colts, the Lakers, on the other hand, had to work hard for their money. The end result was a total different outcome compared to the NFL. Mostly due to a major stalling on the triangle offense ...
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota T-Wolves: A Perfect Road Trip, a Perfect Barnes
November 19th, 2010
“Oh, my God. He’s playing like Tim Duncan right now.”
A random bystander catches me off-guard, and I nearly fall off the sofa. I decided to get out of the house for once, and headed over to Chapman’s Law School building. I’m catching the game in the school lounge, getting a ...
Lakers and Pistons: What Makes Vintage Kobe Different
November 17th, 2010
“04,” answered Kobe Bryant when asked what motivates him to be so good, particularly against the Detroit Pistons, during the postgame interview following the L.A. Lakers’ 103-90 win.
It seems like the embarrassing 4-1 loss to the Pistons in 2004 NBA Finals is still in the back of his mind. After ...
Los Angeles Lakers-Milwaukee Bucks: Kobe Bryant, Shannon Brown Go Deer Hunting
November 16th, 2010
S—. I forgot it’s an away game.
I hurry downstairs to my television to find out that we’re down 57-59 at the start of the third quarter. Three-game road trip, and we might be starting it off with a fat, ugly L on our foreheads.
Jennings had torn up the Lakers backcourt ...
Los Angeles Lakers Lose to Phoenix Suns’ Three-Point Hot Streak
November 15th, 2010
Sigh. This game also could have been ours, and we blew it, yet again.
So what went wrong this time? How about 2-of-3, 3-of-5, 4-of-9, 5-of-7, 7-of-10...If you weren't paying attention, those numbers would look like field goals made over shots attempted. Wrong. Those are three pointers made from downtown. 22 ...
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets: The Inner Demons
November 12th, 2010
The game could have been ours. The Lakers outscored Denver every quarter until the final five minutes of the fourth. My internet froze when the score was tied at 103. Once I got it back up, it had quickly changed to 105-114, Denver. What the hell?
But somehow, ...
Miami Heat Blow Lead to Utah Jazz: Dethroning the Team That Never Was
November 10th, 2010
I just witnessed one of the most exciting games this season from the unexpected Utah Jazz. I rarely watch games other than Lakers, unless it’s vital that I watch for the sake of assessing the Lakers match up against a certain team.But I decided to tune in ...
LeBron James’s RISE: A Few Thoughts from the Superstar’s Latest Commercial
November 9th, 2010
Geez.
It’s scary how progressively worse LeBron has gotten since May. With the last article I wrote, I almost felt empathetic toward LeBron because…well, it just seemed like he was crying out for help. Why else would you tell the world that you get hateful Twitters other than ...