How concerned should the Los Angeles Lakers be right now? One day after edging out a win against the Brooklyn Nets, the team went into Arco Arena on Wednesday and lost to the Sacramento Kings – the team with the worst record in the Western Conference. You can’t blame the loss on Kobe Bryant, who continued his torrid pace on offense – scoring 38 points on 11-of-20 shooting – despite playing on a sore foot. [Read more…]
We thought we had made last week’s edition of The Bernucca List tougher than in previous weeks. It wasn’t too tough for reader Brian C., who had the first response and the correct one. His answer was “NBA teams located in cities without another ‘Big Four’ sports team.” [Read more…]
The return of Kevin Love from his hand injury was a well-kept secret until most of us had set our daily lineups. [Read more…]
Mike D’Antoni made his actual sideline debut for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Still recovering from knee replacement surgery since his hiring 10 days ago, D’Antoni had been coaching the Lakers in practices and speaking to them before games until Tuesday night, when he guided the club to its third straight win, a 95-90 home victory over the Brooklyn Nets. [Read more…]
Before we recap last night’s games and preview a busy Wednesday, don’t forget to check out my FanDuel Diary for details on two great contests. [Read more…]
Metta World Peace does not like the act of flopping. During a very closely-contested game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, World Peace learned how good of a flopper Gerald Wallace can be. He quickly learned that Reggie Evans can be even better, as shown in the clip below: [Read more…]
Move aside, Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant. Jack Taylor is in town…? News broke on Tuesday night that Division III basketball player Taylor of Grinnell men’s team scored a video game-esque 138 points in a single game, breaking the previous NCAA scoring record. I don’t know what kind of game was being played for one player to be able to score that many points, but here is a box score of what happened during the game: [Read more…]
MIAMI – During last season’s playoffs, at a time when Heat guard Dwyane Wade was struggling in the Eastern Conference finals, I wrote that I’d rather have Celtics guard Rajon Rondo than Wade. Nothing has happened to change that opinion. [Read more…]