Lakers-Thunder Game 2 Preview: Do Or Die Time
This isn’t a Game 7 but it might as well be. During the Kobe Bryant era, when the Los Angeles Lakers have gone down 0-2 in a playoff series they’ve went on to win just one of eight series. That lone…Read More
Lakers-Thunder Game 1 Preview: Which Lake Show Made The Trip?
There is no need to debate whether or not the Lakers are title contenders. At this point in the NBA season everyone still playing is a title contender. Forget the semantics let’s just look at the facts. Fact…Read More
Plenty Of Drama Between Lakers And Thunder
You don’t need to script drama for the Los Angeles Lakers. They create enough on their own that it’s to the point they need an editor to tie together all the continuous plotlines. So it comes as no…Read More
Lakers-Nuggets Game 7 Preview: A One Game Season
Nothing like playing through a rushed 66-game season, playing seemingly every other night for nearly four months only to have all your efforts come down to one night, one game. That’s the reality staring…Read More
Lakers-Nuggets Game 6 Preview: Win or Lose Lakers Are in a Bad Spot
No matter what happens tonight in Denver the Lakers have put themselves in a bad place. Win and their reward for eliminating the Nuggets is an immediate flight to Oklahoma City where they’ll open the…Read More
Lakers-Nuggets Game 5 Preview: Time To Seal The Deal
Playoff basketball can be inexplicable at times. If you removed the scoreboard and kept track of who…Read More
Lakers-Nuggets Game 4 Preview: A Must-Win In Denver
Maybe it’s a little early in the game to call tonight’s contest a must-win. Then again, since when…Read More
Road Test Will Reveal Lakers Title Chances
After two postseason victories many are calling the Lakers true title contenders. Slow your roll. Let’s…Read More
LSL Staff Breaks Down Lakers-Nuggets Series
Ahhh yeah! We’re approaching the opening tip of L.A. 2012 title quest. The Lake Show Life staff teamed…Read More
Talking Lakers-Nuggets With Nugg Love Editor Josh Maness
We’re grinding towards the opening tip of Lakers-Nuggets. So to get you all prepped for the Lakers’…Read More
Recapping Lakers-Nuggets Regular Season Series
The dates are all set and the playoff matchups are now written in stone. Before we start looking forward at the Lakers-Nuggets renewed playoff rivalry let’s take a look back at how the season series…Read More
Last Chance For Lakers To Make Lasting Impression
The NBA playoffs might not begin until next week but the playoff posturing began weeks ago. All you have to do is look at how the San Antonio Spurs walked through the West Coast this past week to know…Read More
Lakers Look To Send Message To Spurs
Until last week the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs had managed to avoid each other during this hectic NBA season. But like two beauty queens circling the same stage, it was eventual these two…Read More
Lakers Can’t Overlook Warriors
The Golden State Warriors aren’t a very good basketball team these days. A franchise that seems to be stuck in rebuild mode is again rebuilding on the fly. Mark Jackson’s team has lost five in a row,…Read More
Lakers Want Mavs In First Round Of Playoffs
Today’s clash with the Dallas Mavericks will be a playoff preview only in the sense that these two teams could see each other again very soon. Without Kobe Bryant it is hard to truly call Sunday’s…Read More
Derek Fisher Drama Comes To Staples
The word drama has become synonymous with the Los Angeles Lakers. That is always true for the purple and gold but this season has seen even more than usual. From the failed Chris Paul trade to the mixed…Read More
Lakers Can’t Afford An Off-Night In New Orleans
We’ve been here far too often with this team. One minute they’re making a statement win, the next they’re suffering an inexplicable loss. Just when you think Mike Brown has got his team to turn…Read More
Lakers Could Face Grizzlies in Playoffs
Sometimes it is hard to get perspective in life. If all you did was read the headlines you might think the Lakers are languishing in the Western Conference. A quick glance at the standings reveals the…Read More
Kobe Bryant Out For Blood Against Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
One week ago the villain terrorizing the NBA known as the Masked Mamba didn’t exist. It wasn’t until a hard foul during what was supposed to be a friendly exhibition game that Kobe Bryant shed his…Read More
Lakers-Timberwolves: A Potentially Pivotal Game
Yes. The title of this post is not a mistake. Hard to believe that the Lakers and T-Wolves are tangling with something more at stake than seeing how much worse Kurt Rambis’ team can play. The Wolves…Read More





















