Los Angeles Lakers Are Now 1-0 in Mike Brown's Feed-the-Post Experiment

The Los Angeles Lakers proved Wednesday night why the incessant calls for feeding the post this past week were completely justified with a must-needed, signature win over the crosstown rival Los Angeles Clippers, 96-91.

Desperate to snap a three-game losing streak, the Lakers did what they should have been doing all season along—feed the post again and again.

And again.

Take one look at the production of the Lakers' Big Three Wednesday and it's easy to understand the results: Pau Gasol 23 points, Kobe Bryant 24 points and Andrew Bynum 19 points—a combined 66 points from the Lakers' top dogs to fend off a feisty 9-5 Clippers team.

If the Lakers' Big Three can average 20 points a game going forward, look out.

Los Angeles may have found its new "triangle" offense.

It doesn't hurt that the Lakers' supporting staff chipped in with surprising production. Andrew Goudelock put in 14 points, Derek Fisher finished with 11 points and Metta World Peace tossed seven dimes, grabbed two steals and made a pivotal block on Chris Paul late in the fourth quarter.

Nor did it hurt that the Lakers—at the bottom of the NBA in three-point percentage—shot 8-of-16 from downtown.

But the post production was the story of the game. And it's all interrelated.

Forcing the ball into the post from the start definitely opened up the floor for the third and fourth options in the offense.

The frontcourt focus shouldn't be an experiment at this point. All offseason, analysts (including this humble writer) touted Mike Brown's "Twin Tower" game plan that he perfected in San Antonio and was expected to implement from Day One.

But once the Lakers opened Christmas Day versus the Chicago Bulls, things changed.

Mike Brown's offense was focused on getting easy buckets in transition and good looks through a high-post set at the three-point line with perimeter ball movement—a complete abandonment from the team's strengths.

Now, with a renewed focus on giving Gasol and Bynum touches down low, Kobe Bryant will finally be able to freelance and pick his spots to help his team win. 

Believe me—Kobe will find his shots. Ensuring the ball hits the post at least twice every time down the floor will not suppress the Mamba. He's a natural-born killer, and he'll always get his during the course of a game.

If anything, it takes more of the burden off No. 24's shoulders and places it on to the Lakers' frontcourt, which undoubtedly remains the team's biggest advantage against opposing rosters.

It took Mike Brown 19 games to figure this out, but after a big win against the Clippers and at a pivotal turning point for the Lakers' season, let's hope he continues with this frontcourt focus and never looks back.