denver nuggets

One of the goals for the Lake Show on this Grammy road trip is to find an identity. Tonight’s 93-89 grinder in Denver might have proved the recipe for success. Step one is to get Andrew Bynum involved early and often. When Drew is getting touches in the paint early the offense opens up late. Clearly Mike Brown sent a message to this team that the offense starts from the inside-out. The Lakers controlled the tempo by getting Bynum going. Drew dropped 15 of his team-best 22 in the first half on his way to the 12th double-double of the [...]

I’m willing to give every NBA team the benefit of the doubt this year. The Lakers just played their sixth game in eight days to begin this season. Just yesterday we saw the Nuggets in Los Angeles and tonight the Lakers in Denver. What I’m getting at is that we’ll have to accept some ragged games every once and awhile. Tonight was one of those games. Maybe Kobe Bryant was just paying homage to Tim Tebow. Only the Mile High Jesus would envy the shooting game Bryant had. Kobe was as accurate tonight in the Pepsi Center as Timmy Football [...]

If the last we saw of Andrew Bynum in 2011 is a preview of what to expect for 2012 then the Dwight Howard talk could vanish from sports talk radio in Los Angeles. Bynum was an unstoppable beast in his much anticipated debut. Most important of all his presence was necessary for the Lakers to pull out their third straight win in a nail-biting 92-89 victory over Denver. This one came down to the final ticks of the clock and wouldn’t you know it, the Lake Show was actually able to drop the curtain on an opponent in the fourth. [...]

The Lakers just don’t seem to play well on Sundays. After today’s loss, the Lakers dropped to 4-4 on Sundays, a mediocre .500 record. But Sunday games aren’t at the top of L.A.’s list of problems. Teams like the Nuggets, on the other hand, are. Falling back on bad habits, L.A. looked like the talented yet disinterested team that underachieved before the All-Star break. Despite their inconsistent effort and apathetic attitude, L.A. still had a great chance to steal the game with a few minutes remaining. Yet down the stretch, L.A. didn’t look like the two-time defending champions we’ve grown [...]

Beating the Denver Nuggets these days isn’t much to brag about. The franchise that has been referred to the “Lakers of the Rockies” is more like the “Zombies of the Rockies”. These Nuggets are the walking dead, a team whose locker room has been infected with a plague brought in by Carmelo Anthony. But for the Lake Show, they’ll take quality road wins any way they can get them. Last night they got a win by finally finding a healthy balance. Aside from Derek Fisher, who still must be waiting until June to shine, the rest of the starters were [...]

To quote D-Wade, “Sorry to everyone who thought we were going to go 82-0”. There is a reason why Phil Jackson chose today to announce he doesn’t think his team has a chance to best his Bulls and their record 72 wins this season. Though PJ picking Miami to accomplish the feat doesn’t seem very probable after tonight either. It is clear the Lakers still have work to do if they want to win even 62 and get a sniff of homecourt in the postseason. After stubbing their toes yet still lucking into a win against Minnesota, the writing was on [...]

I broke down all 10 of Kobe’s field goals and I was blown away at the similarities between almost all of them. I will reveal how you can easily stymie Kobe and shut down the Lakers most important mode of attack.

I know what you Laker haters are thinking. You assume that after L.A. gets its first win over the Nuggets this season that I must be some Johnny-come-lately who’s calling his shot prematurely. I’ve only got one question for you. Did you see the fourth quarter on Sunday? Denver dominated for 36 minutes, the Lakers owned the final 12. That’s what champions do. No matter the odds, they rise to the occasion. No excuses needed. Prior to Sunday’s 95-89 victory, the Lakers seemed doomed to be haunted by Denver this year. George Karl has a  sick squad. By far the best [...]

Last night on the red carpet at the ESPY Awards, Jordan Farmar gave the lip service he had to about the Lamar Odom situation the Lakers have found themselves in. Meanwhile, Carmelo Anthony echoed what I’ve been saying for over a month now — L.O. was the key to the Nuggets series.

This one goes out to all of you who make fun of Kobe’s mean mug. This one goes out to all of you who claim Phil Jackson is nothing more than lucky. This one goes out to all of you who talk trash on Lamar Odom’s pimptacular sense of style. This one goes out to all of you who make non-stop Kobe rape jokes. (Even though he was never found guilty, and the accuser was an American Idol reject and star****er — according to those who knew her, in high school she talked incessantly about wanting to become famous — [...]