Laker Nation

Can you say sweeeeep? Kobe can. Lamar can. Pau can. The Lakers can! The Lakers took care of business, again Monday night with a 107-101 victory over the Nuggets. The Lakers continue to play well as a team, shooting 46% from the field, while only giving up 44% FGs. The Lakers were outrebounded again, but the difference came at the [...]

Are the Lakers really this good or are the Nuggets that bad? Today, the Lakers cruised to a 108-84 victory over the Nuggets to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. The only question left is, will the Lakers win it in 4 games or back at home on Wednesday? The Nuggets, once a team that scored 168 points in a [...]

The Lakers opened the 2008 playoffs with a bang and a Pau! But before I get into the stats of the game, let me get this out. The Nuggets are awful! I don’t know how they stayed within 20 of us seeing how all they do is shoot jump shots and make poor defensive matchups. I guess putting K-Mart on [...]

After 82 games of NBA Basketball, the 1 vs. 8 Matchup in the West is finally set. With the Mavericks victory over the Hornets Wednesday night, the Lakers will host the Denver Nuggets this Sunday as the NBA Playoffs take center stage. Rather than bore you with the statistics on how superior the Lakers are to the Nuggets, in sweeping [...]

The Lakers ended the regular season with a blowout victory over the Sacramento Kings tonight. The Lakers didn’t need to play anyone more than 28 minutes mainly because of the starting front court. Vlad, Lamar, and Pau combined for 20 of 23 shooting! The Lakers finished with 32 assists as the final buzzer sounded with the crowd chanting MVP, MVP! [...]

The Lakers sent a message to the rest of the Western Conference today at Staples Center. This message was simple: “we are number one.” The Lakers gained sole possession of first place Sunday and can clinch home-court throughout the first three rounds of the playoffs with a win at home Tuesday vs. Sacramento. The Lakers cruised to a 106-85 victory [...]

I know its been awhile since my last Post-Game Report, but I’ve been very busy in life. I just got back from the “Clipper game” so I figured I would write one while I’m sober. It started out ugly for the Lakers, but it all quickly changed. It was great to see so many other Lakers fans in attendance tonight, [...]

For those of you who didn’t know who Nick Young was, now you do. The rookie out of USC seemingly made every shot down the stretch to turn what should have been an easy night for the Lakers into an overtime thriller. You would think the Lakers had the better three point shooting night if I told you they went [...]

It kind of sucks to win off a foul like that, but I’ll take it. In an ugly win, the Lakers escape with a 123-119 overtime victory in the bay area. The Lakers tonight, get this, attempted 102 field goals! They shot 45% from the field, hit 12 threes, had 53 boards, 27 assists, but 16 turnovers. Overall, the offense [...]

This should have been one of those memorable games for the Lakers. Unfortunately, Stephen Jackson spoiled it. It’s amazing that the Lakers could score 111 points on 41% shooting and 8-27 threes. How did the Lakers jack up more threes than the Warriors? Kobe had 9 alone! The biggest problem for the Lakers was the fast pace which led to [...]

The Lakers continued their outstanding shooting tonight. They shot 61% from the field, 52% from three, 84% from the line, and had 8 different players score double figures. It was one of the better offensive efforts I have seen this year from a team, except Denver of course. The Lakers had 36 assists to only 9 turnovers. Defensively, they gave [...]

The Lakers really need Pau back. Badly. The Lakers were outrebounded today, and couldn’t get any easy baskets. The Lakers shot a pathetic 41% from the field, 31% from the three-point line, and gave up a career high, 31 points to Alston. I guess there was one positive today—Mbenga outscored Mutumbo 3-0! The Lakers must find a way to get [...]

MVP MVP MVP! That is what Arco sounded like as the Lakers erased a 13 point second half deficit to come away with a 117-105 victory in Sacramento. Sadly, this was a great win for the Lakers as it showed how resilient we are. The Lakers outscored the Kings 36-18 in the fourth and scored 106 points from their starting [...]

For about 90% of the night I swear the Lakers were playing 5 on 8. The Mavs signed three new players before the game. They all had black and white striped jerseys and whistles that conveniently sounded against the Lakers. Kobe may have taken 27 free-throws, but he deserved about 10 more. Regardless, the Lakers came away with a 108-104 [...]