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Two things are true at the same time about the Lakers. They’ve won at a high rate, but the losses have followed a similar formula that has exposed their weaknesses. In effect, if a team is capable of exploiting the Lakers’ weakness, then the purple and gold are hopeless in their attempts to win. That […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Just when it was looking like the Lakers were nearing full strength, they now have another player to add to their injury report. On Friday, Dave McMenamin of ESPN reported that Austin Reaves has a mild left calf strain. He will be re-evaluated in approximately one week. Reaves has been generally healthy throughout his career. […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 4 reads
While trades can occur all season long, the options open up considerably for teams on Dec. 15 when players who were free agents this summer become trade-eligible. There have already been rumors swirling about franchise players like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis and LaMelo Ball possibly being moved. That chatter will only intensify as we get […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 3 reads
On paper, the Lakers are sitting pretty in the Western Conference. They are 17-7, which is the fourth-best record in the West. In clutch games, they are 8-0 and they have an overall offensive rating of 118, the seventh-highest in the NBA. However, all of their losses have been in double figures and their defense […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Throughout a season, there are games that fans of teams circle on the calendar as having more weight than others. It could be a marquee matchup, a game against a rival, or an opponent they’ve played before that’s given their team trouble. So, when the Lakers faced the Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinal, the […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Thanks to my buddy Mike, a fellow hooper of some local renown, I was able to attend the Spurs’ 2025 Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinal game against the Lakers Wednesday night. I was forced to miss my own Wednesday night game, but how often is my team in town for an Emirates Cup Game? (Once.) One […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 1 read
There aren’t many positives Los Angeles could come away with in their 132-119 loss against the Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Lakers changed things up in an attempt to mount a comeback. Head coach JJ Redick took out his big Deandre Ayton and went with a small-ball lineup […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 5 reads
For just the seventh time in 24 games, the Lakers lost on Wednesday. To be past the quarter pole of the season and winning at a nearly 71% rate while boasting a top-four seed in the conference, the Lakers — and their fans — should be proud of where they are, particularly when accounting for […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Congratulations to Jose Corniell, who was voted the #4 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting a little under a quarter of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Gavin Fien 3 — David Davalillo 4 — Jose Corniell Moving on… Who is the #5 prospect in […]
From Lone Star Ball | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Hopefully for the Sixers, the extra rest will have done them some good. Thanks to scheduling around the NBA Cup, the Sixers have been given four days off to rest, reset, and hopefully get a tad healthier following their 112-108 loss to the Lakers. On Friday, they’re returning with a more favorable matchup: the 6-18 […]
From Liberty Ballers | 3 months ago | 2 reads
On Wednesday night after the San Antonio Spurs vanquished the Los Angeles Lakers in the Emirates Cup Quarterfinals, De’Aaron Fox made an appearance on the Amazon Prime postgame show and spoke with Taylor Rooks, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Steve Nash, and Udonis Haslem. Fox donned a Luke Kornet t-shirt featuring the image of his stance […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Philadelphia 76ers (13-10) battle the Indiana Pacers (6-18) at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, December 12, 2025. The matchup airs on NBCS-PH and FDSIN. The 76ers fell in their most recent outing 112-108 against the Lakers on Sunday. The Pacers are coming off of a 116-105 victory over the Kings in their last game on Monday. Tyrese Maxey’s team-high 28 points paced the 76ers in the losing effort. Andrew Nembhard scored 28 points in the Pacers’ victory, leading the team. When is 76ers vs. Pacers? ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 6 reads
LA’s game against San Antonio brought the return of Marcus Smart to the Laker lineup. Smart had missed the last six games due to a back injury, but he came back to play in the NBA Cup quarterfinal. While Smart is known for his defensive ability, it was his offense that really stood out. Smart […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 4 reads
It’s no secret that the Lakers are a bad defensive team. They have a defensive rating of 116.7, which is 21st in the NBA. Every team with a defensive rating worse than the Lakers has a losing record. In their loss against the Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinal, this flaw was as loud as […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 8 reads
What a week of Lakers basketball. First was LeBron James ending his double-digit scoring streak in the most dramatic of fashions, passing up the game-winning shot against the Raptors so that Rui Hachimura could win it from three. Then, in the rubber match of the road trip, the Lakers won with LeBron taking a backseat […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Whoever was concerned about the Spurs having “too much guard talent” can rest assured, it’s not a bad problem to have. Much ado was made about the Spurs giving De’Aaron Fox a max contract extension this summer, which was an expected move when they traded for him last February, but the Spurs lucking into the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 4 reads
LeBron James brought the greatest era of Miami Heat basketball in franchise history from 2010-2014. That four-year run with the James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh “Big 3” was highlighted by four straight trips to the NBA Finals and back-to-back championships in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Unfortunately, that time came to a quicker than […] The post LeBron James’ agent hints that the LA Lakers don’t have a better culture than the Miami Heat appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
From Hot Hot Hoops | 3 months ago | 7 reads
The San Antonio Spurs keep winning high-stakes games without Victor Wembanyama. Each player has doubled their payday to $106,187 if they go no further in Emirates Cup Play, and the two-way contracts get half of that. A neutral court in Las Vegas awaits them for a date with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the semifinals […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 9 reads
If it feels like déjà vu all over again when it comes to another Lakers loss, you’re not alone. The purple and gold are quickly developing a habit of losing games to teams with quick, athletic guards, and they do so in pretty convincing fashion. Save for a brief run in the fourth quarter, the […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 6 reads
LOS ANGELES — Wednesday’s loss to San Antonio had all the ingredients the Lakers cook with in defeat. They defended poorly from deep, allowing the Spurs to shoot 45% from 3-point range and they had a rough end to the first quarter and bad starts to the second and third periods. Another aspect that’s been a […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 2 reads
As a result of losing to the Spurs in Wednesday’s NBA Cup quarterfinal game, the Lakers will play the Suns on Sunday. Each team will play two games over the roughly two-week span of the NBA Cup’s knockout rounds. While all the teams that did not make the knockout rounds had their two games scheduled, […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Before the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA Cup match with the Los Angeles Lakers, Keldon Johnson told reporters that he had some extra motivation to win the tournament’s cash prize – a llama. The Spurs’ forward said that with the winnings, he’d purchase a llama for his farm. The rest of the team must really want […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 5 reads
The Silver and Black rode their speed advantage and balanced team play to get past a Los Angeles team that had a great night from their superstars as Luka Doncic scored 35, and LeBron had 19, but they did not get much in the way of contributions from anyone else, except for Marcus Smart who […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 9 reads
The Lakers struggled defensively on Wednesday against the Spurs, allowing 50% shooting from the field along with 17 made threes to fall to San Antonio, 132-119, in the NBA Cup quarterfinals. A second-quarter run by the Spurs, who were without Victor Wembanyama, opened the game up as LA trailed by double digits for most of […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The last time the Spurs met the Lakers, it was a […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 4 reads