What a weird series. One team was clearly better in all seven games. Massively better, six games out of seven. Asked what he learned from the Lakers’ series with the Rockets, Kobe Bryant said, “That we’re bipolar.” He wasn’t kidding. In only one game was the margin of victory fewer than 12 points. In only […]

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*updated with link, below, to image. Someone holding up a “We Want Tacos” sign … because the Lakers have this promotion with Jack-in-the-Box. If they win and hold the opposition under 100, every fan in the building is entitled to get two free tacos. Anyway, someone has a “We Want Tacos” sign … but has […]

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Lakers are up 51-31 at the half, and it’s not because of Kobe Bryant, who was 2-for-8 for eight points in the half. It’s not because they’re going crazy from the three-point line. It’s because they finally are taking advantage of their enormous height advantage over the Rockets. The Rockets start no one taller than […]

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Reminding you of that Houston Rockets statistic. In every game of the Rockets’ playoffs run, and they have played 12 so far … when they have led after a quarter, they have won. When trailing after a quarter, they have lost. First-quarter score from Staples Center: Lakers 22, Rockets 12.

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