Laker Nation

The Los Angeles Lakers led by Kobe Bryant, used balanced scoring and a major impact from their front line to take a 3-2 series lead. A lot of the talk prior to the game centered on Kobe Bryant’s ankle, one emphatic dunk later all the talk stopped. Kobe, leading by example, made a statement and his teammates got the message. [...]

The Lakers-Hornets series has turned into a three-game series. The Lakers are injured, distracted and tied. This scenario is far from the expected outcome in the first round. One can use several words describing this series; the fact of the matter is ‘completed’ is not one of them. I would also refrain from hitting the Lakers with a ‘lack of [...]

The (55-24) Los Angeles Lakers are at Staples Center to host the (53-26) Oklahoma City Thunder. Tonight’s game is the third of the three game season series. The Lakers have taken the two previous games. However, this is the first time that Kendrick Perkins will be in the line up for the Thunder Just last week the Lakers, appeared to [...]

The (55-23) Los Angeles Lakers are in Oregon to face the (46-33) Portland Trailblazers. The Lakers have taken three of the four games in the season series. They’re seeking to snap a three-game skid and win tonight and the they would earn their first season sweep The Lakers have won the last two games at the Rose Garden after losing [...]

The (55-22) Los Angeles Lakers are in Oakland to start a two-game road trip in the Bay Area against the (34-44) Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena. The Lakers have lost consecutive games for first time since the All-Star break and both losses weres filled with uncharacteristic mistakes. It was great to see both Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum in [...]

The (55-21) Los Angeles Lakers are back to work at Staples Center to host the (36-41) Utah Jazz. The 77th game of the season will be the last in the season-series while the Lakers are seeking to get back on track and start a new winning streak. The Lakers lead the Jazz in the series 2-1 The Lakers had not [...]

The (55-20) Los Angeles Lakers will be in their white jerseys for a Sunday matinee at Staples Center hosting the (46-29) Denver Nuggets. The red-hot Lakers, winners of nine straight games are looking to push their winning streak into double digits. They’re a league-best 17-1 since the All-Star break. The Lakers and Nuggets have split the first two games of [...]

The (54-20) Los Angeles Lakers beat down express has made a stop in Salt Lake City, Utah to increase the loss total of the (36-39) Jazz at Energy Solutions Arena. The Dallas Mavericks left Los Angeles feeling as if they were on the TV show Punk’d. The only thing missing last night was hearing former Arizona Cardinals head coach screaming [...]

The (52-20) Los Angeles Lakers will be in their Sunday white jersey’s hosting the (42-31) New Orleans Hornets. The Lakers are seeking a season sweep of the Hornets after winning the three previous games. Lakers won last year’s season series 2-1. They’re 8-2 in their last 10 games against Hornets, and winners of six of their last seven overall. Also, [...]

The (51-20) Los Angeles Lakers host the (28-44) Los Angeles Clippers in the Hallway Finale. The Lakers lead the season series two games to one. They’re 7-3 in their last 10 games overall against the Clippers. There will come a day that this match up will be considered a battle for bragging rights. However, today is not that day. The [...]

The (50-20) Los Angeles Lakers are back to work at Staples Center to face their Pacific Division rival  the (35-33) Phoenix Suns and while celebrating Noche Latina. A good analogy for tonight’s match up would be to say that this evening’s opponents are like two ships passing at sea heading in two different directions. The Lakers, winners of the Pacific [...]

The (49-20) Los Angeles Lakers are at Staples Center tonight hosting the red-hot (40-29) Portland Trailblazers. Portland, winners of three straight and seven of their last nine games are always a tough opponent. The Lakers will be playing without the services of Andrew Bynum. The league hit Bynum with a two-game suspension without pay, for his flagrant foul two on [...]

After three days rest, the (48-20) Los Angeles Lakers are back in action tonight and hosting the (17-52) Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lakers have won all three of their match ups against the T-Wolves this season and 13 straight games overall. The Pacific Division title is in sight for the Lakers. They could lock up their fourth straight division title with [...]

The (47-20) Los Angeles Lakers will be back at Staples Center tonight to start a 7-game home stand, their longest of the season, hosting the (42-25) Orlando Magic. The Magic are in second place in the Southeast division in the Eastern Conference. The Lakers successfully completed their four game road trip winning three of four but coming very close to [...]