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| NBA Northwest: Nuggets doing just fine sans A.I. |
NBA Basketball |
11/21/2008 |
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| relevant in discussions concerning top teams in the West. The Nuggets have beaten defending champion Boston and San Antonio on the road during the winning streak. They will try to stay impressive on Friday with a showdown against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center. The Lakers have won the last eight matchups in the series, so it will be a true test for Karl's revamped roster. Antonio McDyess, who was acquired from the Pistons, was waived earlier this month. ROAD WORK AHEAD FOR JAZZ This isn' |
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| Lakers welcome Nuggets to Staples Center |
NBA Basketball |
11/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The top dog in the NBA's Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers, welcome the red-hot Denver Nuggets to Staples Center on Friday. The Lakers improved to a gaudy 9-1 on Thursday when Kobe Bryant scored 24 points and Lamar Odom filled the stat sheet with 13 points and nine rebounds off the bench, as Los Angeles rolled past Phoenix, 105-92 in the Valley of the Sun. Vladimir Radmanovic contributed 15 points and Andrew Bynum posted 10 points and seven boards for the Lakers, who have won two stra |
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| Suns welcome rival Lakers to the desert |
NBA Basketball |
11/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Pacific Division rivals get together tonight at US Airways Center, where the Phoenix Suns will host the Los Angeles Lakers. Los Angeles won its first seven games of the season until suffering a 106-95 loss to the Detroit Pistons last Friday at home. The Lakers then rebounded with Tuesday's 116-109 triumph over the Chicago Bulls in the finale of a short two-game homestand, as Pau Gasol registered a season-high 34 points and reigning MVP Kobe Bryant added 21 in the win. Andrew Bynum posted 18 po |
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| NBA loses a legend |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2008 |
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| the Bears to a national championship in 1959, In fact he was one of only three coaches to have won an NIT, NCAA and Olympic title, joining Bob Knight and Dean Smith. But Newell, who spent time as the general manager of both the San Diego Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers in the '70s and engineered the trade that brought Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Los Angeles, really made his mark in the NBA while running his world famous instructional basketball camp. The annual camp for centers and forwards, housed in Los Angeles, Hono |
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| Lakers try to rebound vs. Bulls |
NBA Basketball |
11/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers attempt to rebound from their first loss of the 2008-09 campaign, while the Chicago Bulls will try and win for the first time on the road this season as the two teams meet at Staples Center. Detroit's Rasheed Wallace notched a season-high 25 points and grabbed a game- high 13 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons captured a 106-95 win against the Lakers on Friday. Kobe Bryant dropped 29 points, six assists, four steals and five boards for the Lakers, who, at 7-0, were tied for |
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| Johnson, No.48 team the next dynasty in professional sports |
NASCAR |
11/17/2008 |
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| way it is today with what you've got to do working, racing day in and day out, no time to take time off, in my mind, (Jimmie) is the best." Johnson's team joins the likes of other championship-winning greats in the U.S. this past decade such as the Los Angeles Lakers, winning three straight NBA Finals from 2000-02, and the New York Yankees, taking the World Series consecutively from 1998-2000. Also, the championship achievements of Formula One legends Michael Schumacher and Juan Manuel Fangio as well as National |
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| Pistons pay a visit to Phoenix |
NBA Basketball |
11/16/2008 |
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| etwork) - A pair of conference powerhouses get together tonight in the desert, where the Detroit Pistons pay a visit to the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center. The 7-2 Pistons have won the first three tests of their four-game road trip and handed the Los Angeles Lakers their first loss of the season on Friday, a 106-95 setback at the Staples Center. Rasheed Wallace scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to lead the charge. Allen Iverson also netted 25 points while Tayshaun Prince had 18 |
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| It's Celtics-Lakers in a two-horse race |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| immediately navigate to the sports section. But, at the risk of sounding haughty, I do consider myself rather well-read, and will eventually peek through the "more important" parts of the paper. And I have to admit when I see the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers dominating things in the NBA, I almost expect to see Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev on the front page, signing some kind of treaty in Iceland. It's been a very long time since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird "rescued" the NBA and forever stamped L |
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| Kobe leads unbeaten Lakers vs. Iverson, Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
11/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The NBA's only perfect team, the Los Angeles Lakers, welcome the Detroit Pistons to Staples Center on Friday. Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and hit the big shot from beyond the arc with 1:08 remaining to stop a big New Orleans run and keep the Lakers unbeaten with a 93-86 victory in The Big Easy on Wednesday. Derek Fisher also scored 20 for the Lakers, who at 7-0 are tied for their third-best start in franchise history. They won their first seven in 2001-02, capt |
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| NBA Southwest: Spurs need to tread water |
NBA Basketball |
11/13/2008 |
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| eeping it together without its quarterback. In fact, Popovich may have to scrape his preseason plan and hope to garner the seventh or eight spot in the West. Once the playoffs start, it's a new season and it's hard to imagine anyone -- even a 65-win Los Angeles Lakers team -- wanting to face off with a playoff- tested trio of Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. T-MAC FINDS HIS STROKE Tracy McGrady is one of the best pure scorers in the NBA and is as tough a matchup as you will find but a sore knee was certainly affectin |
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