Author: Soccerhuz
JJ Redick, a former Orlando Magic draft pick and sharpshooter for more than six seasons, makes his return to the Kia Center for the first time as a coach on Monday evening. He leads the Los Angeles Lakers into battle with Orlando at 7 p.m. ET. ORLANDO, Fla. –– Monday evening in Orlando, Dwight Howard isn’t the only former Orlando Magic player coming home. When JJ Redick, a former teammate of Howard’s in the Magic black and blue, makes his way from the visiting team’s locker room area to the visiting media interview room, he’ll pass artwork of him donning…
With the NBA playoffs less than a month away, teams make nightly calculated lineup decisions based on health and playoff seeding. Against Milwaukee, the Lakers rested everybody on the second night of a back-to-back. Well, almost everybody. Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic were held out, joining LeBron James and a cast of rotation players sidelined. Predictably, the Lakers lost handily. This allowed all the young guys, including Bronny James, to get significant time. Playing a season-high 29 minutes, he finished with 17 points, five assists, and three rebounds. Surprising numbers for most, but perhaps not for those who have been…
The impressive performances from the LA Lakers this season come from a team who are expected to improve further in the future. Even though LeBron James is 40, the LA Lakers have a bright future. This is not a roster clinging on for dear life to the final years of the superstar’s greatness, as it once appeared. A lot of this comes down to the Luka Doncic trade, that has given the team new life, but the Lakers already had a lot of interesting talent developing on their roster. One of which is Austin Reaves, a player enjoying a career-best…
The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a loss to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night, with Bronny James only playing six minutes at the tail end of the game. However, his best performance of the season was just two games ago in a Thursday night matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. With several key players sidelined for the Lakers, James took full advantage of the opportunity, posting a career-high 17 points off the bench. He also recorded five assists, three rebounds, shot 70% from the field, and knocked down 50% of his three-point attempts. With several key players sidelined for the…
Despite his outstanding play and the fact that he’s considered one of the three to five best basketball players in the world, Luka Doncic has routinely been maligned for his lack of fitness and conditioning. That criticism seemed to hit an apex after he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1. He has long appeared to be pudgy, and he sometimes doesn’t seem to run the floor as well as he perhaps could. But some feel he has looked a bit slimmer since coming to the Lakers. Evan Sidery posted a side-by-side comparison of Doncic earlier in…
It was a brilliant night for various Rossoneri players with their respective national teams. Santiago Gimenez’s Mexico experienced glory, beating Panama 2-1 in the Concacaf Nations League final to win the trophy for the first time in history. As was the case in the semi-finals against Canada, a brace from Jiménez proved decisive. Our striker played 96 minutes before being replaced by Pineda in stoppage time. Meanwhile, a USMNT side containing Pulisic and Musah (both featured for 69 minutes) lost to Canada in the third-place play-off. There were smiles on the faces of Theo and Maignan yesterday evening as France…
Seeking to pick up consecutive victories for the first time in three weeks, the Miami Heat go head to head with the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday morning. Jimmy Butler and Andrew Wiggins are up against their former employers for the first time since their respective trades just before deadline day back in February and an exciting contest is on the cards in Florida. The Miami Heat shot 57% from the field as a team on Sunday morning as they picked up a 122-105 victory over the Charlotte Hornets when the two sides faced off at the Kesaya Center. Coming…
The Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 146-115, on Saturday night and Lakers star guard Luka Doncic took blame for the loss. “I think they scored a lot of transition points, especially off my turnovers, so gotta do that better,” Doncic said. “It’s on me. I can’t be losing the ball seven times. That’s way too many for me. Doncic committed seven turnovers with only six assists. The Bulls scored 30 fast break points in the game compared to only 12 from the Lakers. Doncic’s frustration during the game was evident as he shoved Bulls guard Josh Giddey in…
The Los Angeles Lakers just got humbled. Again. After an ugly 29-point blowout against the Milwaukee Bucks, the team had a golden opportunity to bounce back against the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. To their advantage, this time LeBron James, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves all suited up. Instead? The Lakers got torched 146-115, and it wasn’t just fans who were livid. Showtime Lakers legend Magic Johnson had seen enough, and he didn’t hold back. The Lakers defense has been the backbone of their recent climb up the Western Conference standings, but you wouldn’t know it watching Saturday’s game. Chicago…
The LA Lakers look to start their four-game away trip on a winning note when they take on the Orlando Magic at the Kia Center on Monday. They hit their road after the Chicago Bulls battered them by taking advantage of their torrid defensive performance. Course correction will be on the No. 4 seeded Lakers’ minds as they look for payback against the Magic who stunned them back in November last year. The last road trip was a forgettable one for the Lakers. They went 0-4 and slipped the rungs in the West. They made up for it with a…