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Lakers vs Mavericks Cooler Talk

I’m watching this game with a large group of friends.  Needless to say, in Los Angeles, the Laker faithful and hater crowd is split.

-  Every time Jason Kidd was behind three point land, Laker fans here yelled “shoot it!, shoot it!” Maverick fans yelled “Nooooo!”.  Yeah, nobody respects Jason Kidd’s shot over [...]

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Top 5 Things Laker Fans Should Be Thankful For

When the White House turkey’s are being pardoned by President Bush and sent off to Disneyland to be the grand marshals of the Thanksgiving Day parade, you know that Thanksgiving time is here.
And what better way for Laker fans to celebrate than review the top 5 things (according to yours truly) Laker fans should be [...]

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Lakers VS Nets Cooler Talk

I came into this game half-expecting, half-hoping for a dominant Laker defensive performance.  What I got was a exactly a game of halves.
-  The Lakers are not allowing the Nets to run in the first quarter.  So the Nets decide to beat them with speed and shooting within the half-court game.

-  Kobe starts the game [...]

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New Jersey to Test Laker Defense, Attention Span

The Nets are a strange team to figure out.  What was supposed to be a complete rebuilding year has turned into an early season full of hopeful sparks.  They might be waiting for a chance at Lebron James in 2010, but they look highly competitive right now.  The team is 6-6, but 6-3 when Devin [...]

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Lakers VS Kings Cooler Talk

-  Kings are missing Kevin Martin, their only all-star (sprained right ankle).  Odds of them winning according to me… 4 million to 1.  This is why I’m not a mathematician.
-  I can’t believe the commentators haven’t mentioned how Radmanovich’s orange goggles get him one step closer to being a real space cadet.  Of course, he [...]

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Suns Try Slow Game, Fast Game, To No Avail

The Phoenix Suns were playing their game.  They were dumping the ball into Shaq, who was animated and successful (6-12fg , 15 points, 9 rebounds).  Nash was running the show to finish with 10 assists.  Amare was getting his high flying layups on cuts.  The only problem was, they were losing.

The Lakers showed off their [...]

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Lakers VS Bulls Cooler Talk

With the Lakers coming off of their first loss of the season, I was eagerly waiting to see how they would respond when they hosted the super-fast Bulls team.  The six point win looks much closer than the game really was, and I took many positive signs from this Laker team.
-  Gasol scores 16 of [...]

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Pistons Hand Lakers First Loss of the Year

It couldn’t have been more anti-climactic.  No 30-game winning streak cut short by a last second shot by the Celtics.  No bitter rival (the Suns come to mind) knocking Los Angeles down with a win and “beat L.A!” chants.  No, this defeat was at home.  This defeat was at the hands of a methodical offense [...]

Lakers Do It With Defense

There are two realities that are setting in as the Lakers played their 2nd road game of the year, defeating Dallas 106-99, and remaining undefeated at 6-0.
Reality 1) They aren’t going to be better than the great Jordan Bulls teams and blow every team out by 25.
Reality 2) Maybe, just maybe, that doesn’t matter.  Their [...]

Lakers Begin Rumblings After 29 Point Rocket Blowout

The potential for greatness for a fully stacked Laker team has been all on paper until tonight.  Beating the Clippers by over 20 is one thing.  Defeating this Rocket team by 29 is another matter altogether.  It’s not the fact that they are winning, or that the Lakers are now 5-0.  It’s the way they [...]