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Game Overview: No one guessed the Trivia Challenge correctly. Which led to most of the scores hovering around 15. The Gilbert Arenas of the contest, OsmOnd, boasted he would take over the lead. And just like Agent Zero lately, came up short. LD2K dropped from 2 to 10 in one game because he forgot to add in his predictions. (Was [...]

7:30 PM Lakers Standard Time Television: Fox Sports Net; NBA Pass ‘Does anybody remember Sweetwater Jones?’ On a scale of 1-10, ten being best, the T-Wolves come in at a minus 2. The Wolves are that bad. And we sometimes complain that our Front Office is bad? Rebuilding means they have become an expansion franchise all over again. There only [...]

Official Challenge Answers: 1. Game Winner (5pts): Hornets 2. Lakers High Scorer (5pts): Kobe, 28 pts 3. Lakers Top Rebounder (5pts): Bynum, 13 4. Lakers Assist Leader (5pts) : Kobe, 7 5. Trivia Challenge (5pts): Last Laker to be perfect in Field Goals in a game (min 7 attempts)? Andrew Bynum – 4/01/07 Sacramento (Source: Laker Media Guide). 6. Margin [...]

7:30 Lakers Standard Time Television: Fox Sports Net, NBA Pass Fatty: Sorry, I’m late with the take. It was Fatty’s 31st anniversary last night. Which leaves me only a few minutes this AM to put together the preview. If this was last year. Last year the Lakers would get us all excited by competing well with some of the best, [...]

A Lakers win means some nice scoring. We had a lot of high scores but two predictors stood out from the rest. Not surprising, they also predicted the winning point margin. Our two ‘Game Winners’ at 30 points: Brillus and Deepfrost. ‘Race for the Hoodie’ – (69 Contestants) ‘Top Ten’ after two games: “There can be only one.” 1. Brillus [...]

6:30 PM Lakers Standard Time Television: Fox Sports Net, NBA League Pass ‘Pinch Me, I must be dreaming’ Lakers win by 21 and ruin Suns opener. Amare out rebounded 22 – 1. Nash, only 3 assists and 5 Turnovers. Dantoni’s blow up, “Priceless!” “Kobe, your team just dismantled and humiliated the Phoenix Suns at their Arena, a team many are [...]

Who of you would’ve predicted that Vladimir (The Impaler) would be the leading scorer (19) and the Lakers would beat down the Suns by 21. Obviously nobody. The scores were all over the place. The logical ones, (thee with little faith) picked the Suns and were wrong. And were extremely happy it turned out that way. The ‘Homies’, who always [...]

Friday 7:30 Lakers Standard Time Television: KCAL, ESPN How do I hate thee, let me count thy ways? It’s time for my annual membership drive for “The Lakers Loving, Suns Hating, Fan Club” As President and Founder of this prestigious club, I cordially invite all of you to join. Its rather easy to become a member, but requires a firm [...]

Kobefan2408 WINS FIRST GAME PREDICTION CONTEST!!! It was close. 30 contestants were within 5 points of each other, but one contestant stood out from the rest with an amazing score of 20. Congratulations to our first contest winner. Kobefan2408, you are the master of predictions, the Nostradamus of the NBA, the Prophet of Round Ball. Well, at least for this [...]

Kobe is sitting out this game because of his sore right wrist… Read all about it here. Game Preview: Kings vs Lakers Friday 7:00 PM Lakers Standard Time Thomas and Mack Center – Las Vegas Television: KCAL, ESPN “It is what it is?” “Are you ready?” As one reporter asked Coach Jackson after practice on Wednesday. Looking for some insight, [...]

Lakers Preview: Jazz vs Lakers Honda Center – Anaheim Tuesday 7:00 PM Lakers Standard Time Television: KCAL, NBA TV ‘Dancing with the Stars’ “If you want to dance with the stars, nothing is given, you have to give your best effort. You must be dedicated to your goal at hand. You must feel you can be the best. Time and [...]

Game Preview: Lakers vs Clippers Sunday 7:30 – Lakers Standard Time Television: Fox Sports West ‘The Battle for LA’ Public Announcement: Because of the seriousness of the Clippers – Lakers rivalry. All fans attending tonight’s game will be required to check their guns at the door. Extra Security has been added for your protection. Teams of Hell’s Angels, retired WWF [...]

Game Preview: Bobcats vs Lakers Saturday, 7:30 Lakers Standard Time Television: Fox Sports West ‘All’s quiet on the Lakers Front’ The Big news from the Lakers practice facilty. “Bynum loses bet to Kobe.” Most telling was Bryant noting that he had challenged Bynum to back up his big talk about how his Abdul-Jabbar-taught skyhook was coming along by shooting it [...]

Laker Game Preview: Lakers vs Supersonics Thursday 7 PM Lakers Standard Time Television: Kcal/TNT (a preseason game on National TV?) “It’s Just the Preseason, It Doesn’t Count” Watching the first two preseason games in Paradise, we all kept telling ourselves, “Its just the preseason, it doesn’t count.” I’m not telling anybody anything when I say, our defense was porous, we [...]