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2007-2008 Playoff Predictions

Each year I post my (insanely inaccurate) playoff predictions prior to the start of the postseason. I some rare circumstances my picks are spot on, but most of the time I take a gamble or two and end up blowing the whole postseason (like last year, I picked the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Detroit Pistons...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott Mitchell on 04-19-2008
Bynum Return Still Up in the Air

In mid-January, Andrew Bynum - the Laker's only true big man - went down with an injury that was scheduled to keep him off the hardwood for eight weeks. Well, eight weeks have come and went, and still no Bynum. A couple of days ago, Phil Jackson was quoted as saying that Bynum wouldn't be back until...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott Mitchell on 03-20-2008
Five Stories to Follow to this NBA Season

It's that time of year again. With Major League Baseball wrapping up its playoffs, the NBA regular season is right around the corner! The season tips off the last week of October (with the Lakers squaring off against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday, October 30th in the Staples Center). The NBA season...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott Mitchell on 10-18-2007
Midway Through the First Round...

We're nearing the midway point of the first round of the NBA playoffs... let's see how my predictions are faring. Let's start with the East... I picked Detroit to sweep Orlando, and they did that this afternoon. I predicted that the Cavs would sweep the Wizards, and they are playing right now with the...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-28-2007
2006-2007 Playoff Predictions

Each year I post my playoff predictions before the start of the playoffs, from the first round through the Finals. In last year's predictions I mistakenly picked the Pistons besting the Heat and the Spurs beating the Mavs, resulting in a Spurs-Pistons rematch with the Spurs taking the title again. Whoops...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-19-2007
Most Exciting Endings of All Time?

There have been a gaggle of professional basketball games played over the years, so it's not surprising that there have been some amazing endings to games. Last night, Tracey McGrady provided such an ending, helping the struggling Rockets overcome the Spurs . The Spurs were up by 7 with under a minute...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 12-10-2004
My Insanely Inaccurate 2004-2005 Predictions

Accurately predicting the outcome of an NBA season is hard enough when you have just a core of stable, dominant teams, but it's near impossible this year, with so many teams in the league reaching parity, thanks in part to some blockbuster trades and player movements in the offseason. (On an aside, can...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 10-19-2004
An Exciting Game 5 Tonight!

The Lakers hope to win tonight's home game against the Rockets, thereby closing out the series. A loss would send the series back to Houston for Game 6 on Saturday, May 1st. Kobe has court hearings in Eagle, CO all day today, so he might be late to the game's 7:00 pm tipoff. To win tonight, the Lakers...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-28-2004
Lakers Escape with a Win

The Lakers 92-88 OT win against the Rockets was probably the most exciting Laker game I've seen all season (note: I missed the last game of the regular season). What's most important was that the Lakers were able to scrap out a W, extending their series lead to 3 games to 1. The Rockets must win the...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-25-2004
Hoping for a Speedy Recovery for Tim Thomas

I don't follow the Knicks, nor the Nets, but after reading Tim Thomas's comments on K-Mart's hard foul , I'm hoping Tim gets back out on the court before this series is over to see if he walks the walk, or just talks the talk. Thomas took a hard foul from K-Mart in Game 1 of the series, hitting the floor...

Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-21-2004

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