| Main |

Tumbleweeds

Given that the reporter/player ratio in the locker room was an unfavorable 8/.3 (the one-third coming from periodic fly-bys from Ronny Turiaf), there wasn't much to get before the game.  So with that in mind, you get PJ's pregame audio, and a look back at the ultra-scary 95-90 win the Lakers bagged in New York before Christmas.  For those of you who were perhaps decorating your tree or doing a little last minute shopping, it was a tale of two halves.  In the first, the Lakers utilized some epic ball movement, had great looks at the hoop, attacked, played some defense and generally looked like they were ready to run the Knicks out of the building.  Around the middle of the third, they stopped doing all of those things.  Jamal Crawford went all goony on them, and suddenly the Lakers found themselves in a dogfight. 

Fortunately, they scraped by. 

The Knicks come into the game playing- and this is relative, of course- well, having scraped together five wins in their last 10 games.  Still, they're a lousy team everywhere, and particularly away from the Garden (4-15).  And while the Lakers are weak up front these days, the defensive combination of Curry and Randolph may be as bad as any the league has ever seen. 

The moral of the story?  Get inside. 

NOTES:

  • Most of the audio is focused on the upcoming roadie, but also more words about the slumping forward combo in Luke and LO. 
  • INACTIVES: LAL- Ariza, Bynum, Mihm.  NYK- Stephon Marbury, Jerome James, Randolph Morris (especially disappointing, given the heat of this political season).
  • AUDIO: PJ- Download phil_jackson_1.29 preNYK.mp3

BK

Comments

Go Lakers!

GO LAKERS! It's GAME time!!!!

Let us pray.

Get inside. Ummm..... you mean, give the ball to Kwame?

GO LAKERS!

Would puke walton be in the nba if his daddy wasnt bill walton?

Luke walton has a hip pointer, and the injury bug continues to haunt this team,but minus Luke i dont see a drop,that kid is made of clay just like his daddy weak as water.

Can you believe Kwame is the highest scorer with 10?

Who are you guys gonna rip on now that iam hurt,my pops( bill walton)ya right,i will be watchin...hahahha

Post a comment
If you are under 13 years of age you may read this message board, but you may not participate.
Here are the full legal terms you agree to by using this comment form.

Comments are moderated, and will not appear until they've been approved.






Our Bloggers
Andrew and Brian Kamenetzky
Andrew and Brian Kamenetzky are contributing writers to ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, and co-authored Fishing on the Edge, the autobiography of 2003 Bassmaster Classic champion Mike Iaconelli, bass fishing's bad boy. While both grew up in St. Louis without NBA basketball, Andrew became a die hard Lakers fanatic after moving to L.A. to attend USC. That he managed to find a job requiring him to obsess over his favorite team, the same activity that prompted him to waste time while working other jobs, is pretty incredible. As for Brian, his baptism into pro hoops fandom has been provided by the "All Lakers, All The Time" citizens of Los Angeles. Beats the hell out of covering the Bucks.
Follow us on ... »


Follow @latimeslakers for exclusive updates.

All LA Times Blogs

All The Rage
All Things Trojan
Babylon & Beyond
Blue Notes - Dodgers
Booster Shots
Bottleneck Blog
Comments Blog
Countdown to Crawford
Daily Dish
Daily Travel & Deals
Dish Rag
Extended Play
Funny Pages 2.0
Gold Derby
Greenspace
Hero Complex
Homeroom
Homicide Report
Jacket Copy
L.A. Land
L.A. Now
L.A. Unleashed
La Plaza
Lakers
Money & Co.
Movable Buffet
Olympics: Ticket to Beijing
Opinion L.A.
Outposts
Readers' Representative Journal
Show Tracker
Soundboard
Technology
The Big Picture
The Daily Mirror
Top of the Ticket
Up to Speed
Varsity Times Insider
Web Scout
What's Bruin
Your Scene Blog
RSS Subscribe to this Blog What is RSS?
July 2009
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  


Buy Tickets
Search for Tickets
 

LATimes.com now offers sports tickets to popular events around the world including NBA tickets, MLB tickets and NFL tickets to otherwise sold-out events.

Popular Events
With the NBA playoffs approaching, Lakers tickets are this month's hot item. Dodgers tickets and Angels tickets are also in high demand with another season of MLB baseball underway.

We've got plenty of LA sports tickets and college football tickets for sale, with MLB tickets and USC football tickets being the mosts popular sellers at the moment.
Powered by TicketNetwork
ADVERTISEMENT


ADVERTISEMENT