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Ever wondered why the Zen whistles during games? Find out here… ESPN: During Game 1, the arena was loud. The music in the stadium was, I swear, several decibels louder than your normal stadium music, and the fans weren’t silent either. Yet through the cacophony, all the way across a massive arena, even up in the rafters, one noise was [...]

First off, big thanks to all those participating in the Lakers Post-Season Prediction Fantasy League. Don’t forget the that winner gets a special prize from the sponsor of “EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night.” [Important Notice] Still seems like nobody realizes that they can post predictions for the games previewed by varsityoptimism. [/Important Notice] Updated Standings (current as of Mitch [...]

Please, let’s not talk about the foul-or-no-foul no-call at the end of the last game, let’s just focus on the game at hand. Pertinent Facts - Lakers are 2-0 in close out games. Lakers are 7-0 at home. Lakers rotation age average: Young. Spurs rotation age average: Old. Now, I know a huge deal has been made about the aging [...]

Ah, Satire. What a beautiful thing to behold. Derek Fisher: Lock down defender? This is a good question to ask, and here’s another one… Whats the difference between a Lakers home game and a Lakers away game? We’ll find out shortly, but either way… It’s Business Time!

Dear Hornet, That’s how you don’t give up at home. Dear Chris Paul, That’s how you take over at the end of the game Dear Spurs, HAHAHA! 44-20! HAHAHA!!! Seriously though, did anyone else watch the game last night think “my god, Ginobili is really slow today?” I mean, he looked like Zydrunas Ilgauskas on some of his drives. Alright, [...]

Before everyone skips the rest of this article and goes straight to the comments section to admonish me about overvaluing our severely under-performing small forward please, I beg you, hear me out… In the first two game of the New Orleans/San Antonio series, the Spurs offense looked lethargic, their defense looked suspect, and their defensive stopper Bruce Bowen looked, well, [...]

First off, big thanks to all those participating in the Lakers Post-Season Prediction Fantasy League! (You can still join if you want, go to this post and look under Statistical Predictions to find out what you need to do.) Don’t forget the that winner gets a special prize from the sponsor of “EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night.” [Important Notice] [...]

2:34 into this clip, a player finally doesn’t do something that we’ve seen him do all series. We see him not do something that he really has no excuse to do every time he touches the ball. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, Farmar did not pick up his dribble at the 3-point line. All series long, he would stop his dribble [...]

Double Yew-Tea-Eff, mate! What’s gone wrong with Farmar? He’s afraid to shoot, he’s afraid to pass, he even seems afraid to dribble, as he picked up his dribble under no pressure on more than one occasion on Friday. To a certain extent, Sasha had a terrible game too, and a little production from either of these two would have probably [...]

Usually when you out-rebound a team 25-8 on the offensive boards you win the game, you know that, I know that, Boozer knows that. That’s probably why, as Jonathan Abrams wrote so expertly in his article for the LA Times, he still sounded confused when giving his interview after practice on Monday. On Bryant’s free throws and stopping him from [...]

First off, big thanks to all those participating in the Lakers Post-Season Prediction Fantasy League! (You can still join if you want, go to this post and look under Statistical Predictions to find out what you need to do.) Don’t forget the that winner gets a special prize from the sponsor of “EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night.”!!! [Important Notice] [...]

The Denver Nuggets have played good offense at times in the first two games, an they will be hoping to get a boost from the home crowd tonight. Overall, I expect a tighter game that may go down to the wire, but I ultimately can’t see the Lakers dropping this one. Still, just as it’s up to the Lakers to [...]

The Denver Nuggets: They have as much potential as Lamar Odom. … theres a joke in there somewhere. Marquee Matchups - Point Guard – Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar vs. Allen Iverson: Technically, Carter is their Point Guard, but as most of the league has found out at various points in time, Allen Iverson with the ball in his hands [...]

Dear Hornets, Thanks for screwing up at Sacramento and losing that game for us. - Jonny Alright Lakers fans, this is the second last game of the season and a definite must win. If we win out we most likely get 1st seed.