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Well, on the plus side, it's almost impossible for there to be any direction to go from here but up, right? And truth be told, a blowout result isn't altogether shocking. The Lakers just wrapped a grueling 7-game series allowing zero time for prep, w...

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With sincere respect to the Denver Nuggets, that it took the Lakers seven games to defeat them suggests how well the Lakers must play against Oklahoma City to have even a hope of advancing. Kevin Durant and the gang were the preseason favorites to co...

Before this series began, I listed a number of reasons Metta World Peace's suspension could prove sticky for the Lakers against Denver. By and large, however, Lakers fans didn't express much concern. Whether because most were focused more on the fair...

To some degree, there's only so much players can say about a Game 7, given the general lack of nuance to the situation. Win, or the season's over. For the Lakers, coming off weak efforts in Games 5 and 6, the winning formula isn't a huge mystery....

Throughout his coaching career, Phil Jackson was famous for "never" calling timeouts to stop a run. And while I've always felt this reputation was somewhat exaggerated -- his infamous (and ultimately backfired) gaffe during Game 4 in 2009 against Hou...

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That the Lakers failed to close out Denver on Tuesday wasn't horrible in and of itself, but the reason for failure certainly was. It's one thing to get outplayed, especially by a quality team desperate to stay alive. Getting outworked, however, is an...

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Throughout April and the playoffs, Mike Brown has periodically employed a backcourt of Ramon Sessions and Steve Blake, with the latter at the two and almost inevitably overwhelmed by his defensive assignment. The most recent example came in the first...

Lakers forward Metta World Peace was supposed to appear on The Conan O'Brien Show back on April 23rd. For those without a calendar in front of them, that was one night after this. Needless to say, a little rescheduling was required. Monday nig...

"Closeout games are actually kinda easy. Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning. So we wanna come out and establish an early lead and protect it." This was Andrew Bynum's response when asked about the inherent difficulty...

It wasn't pretty, but the lack of style points will easily be forgotten in the Los Angeles Lakers' 92-88 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series. Probably the time this piece has been read. Ain't nobod...

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On one hand, nobody with grounded expectations should have expected the Lakers to sweep their way into the second round of the playoffs. In that respect, seeing them drop Game 3 to the Nuggets isn't necessarily alarming. On the other hand, the Nugget...

With a 2-0 series lead, the Lakers couldn't ask for a better position as their opening round moves to Denver. On the other hand, while the Nuggets never controlled Game 2, they were able to make it far more competitive, and more importantly, they oft...