L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Ross Siler The Lakers will finish the first chapter of their season today, the one in which they played 15 of their first 20 games at home. Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. pronounced the stretch merely ``OK'' and said he would like to have back the home losses to Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . The last of those losses he described as ``bewildering be·wil·der tr.v. be·wil·dered, be·wil·der·ing, be·wil·ders 1. To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. .'' But there's also definite optimism around the team. They're 3-0 without Bryant and 13-6 overall despite having nearly as many injured players as healthy players in training camp. That doesn't include Jackson, who didn't coach in a single preseason game coming back from hip replacement surgery. The Lakers' success falls somewhere between surprising and remarkable. Jackson credits it to a second year of playing in the triangle offense  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. and playing with one another. The Lakers also haven't needed Kobe Bryant to average anywhere close to 35.4 points per game this season. |
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