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| NBA Pacific: Bynum hopes to help Lakers take the next step |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Obviously if you reach the NBA Finals and take the eventual champs to six games you have to be considered a legitimate NBA title contender. But, after watching the Boston Celtics torture the Los Angeles Lakers on the glass last June was Phil Jackson's club really all that close? Without Andrew Bynum, the Lakers couldn't rebound or defend the pick-and-roll against the Celtics. Now that the 22-year-old phenom is back from a fractured kneecap suffered last January, Los Angeles looks much better e |
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| Rockets, Suns square off in the desert |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Houston Rockets continue a tough five-game road trip Wednesday when they travel to Phoenix to take on the Suns. Reigning MVP Kobe Bryant scored 23 points and the Los Angeles Lakers came away with a convincing 111-82 win over the Rockets on Sunday. Aaron Brooks scored 20 points to pace the Rockets, who have dropped three of their last four games after starting the season with three straight wins. Luis Scola and Yao Ming both collected 12 points, with the former pulling down nine boards and |
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| Lakers put unbeaten record on the line in The Big Easy vs. Hornets |
NBA Basketball |
11/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers will try to remain perfect on the season this evening, when they take on the Hornets at New Orleans Arena. The Lakers improved to 6-0 this season with Tuesday's 106-99 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds and converted a critical three-point play with 23.1 seconds remaining to lift the Lakers. Kobe Bryant scored 27 points and Andrew Bynum contributed 11 and 10 boards for the Lakers, who are off to their be |
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| Kobe leads unbeaten Lakers into Dallas |
NBA Basketball |
11/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The undefeated Los Angeles Lakers kick off a short two-game road swing Tuesday when they travel to North Texas to face the Dallas Mavericks. The Lakers improved to 5-0 on the young season on Sunday when reigning MVP Kobe Bryant scored 23 points as Los Angeles came away with a convincing 111-82 win over the Houston Rockets. Pau Gasol had 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Lakers while Andrew Bynum totaled 13 points and seven boards and Jordan Farmar added 16 points and six assists off th |
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| Clippers top Dallas for first victory |
NBA Basketball |
11/09/2008 |
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| h a trey from Green and layup by Kidd to cut its deficit to 37-34 near the midway point of the second stanza. Los Angeles kept the Mavs at bay for the remainder of the quarter, but a tip- in by Nowitzki in the closing seconds got Dallas to within two points heading into the intermission. Game Notes Camby finished with nine points and 14 rebounds...Dallas will next host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, while the Clippers host Sacramento on Wednesday night...LA snapped a six-game losing skid versus Dallas. |
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| Unbeaten Lakers welcome Rockets to town |
NBA Basketball |
11/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The undefeated Los Angeles Lakers are well rested and will host the Houston Rockets tonight in a battle between Western Conference powerhouses at the Staples Center. The Lakers are 4-0 on the season and haven't played since beating the local Los Angeles Clippers, 106-88, on Wednesday. Reigning NBA MVP Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 27 points and shot just 8-of-21 from the field. Lamar Odom and Derek Fisher netted 15 and 13 points, respectively, in the win. Andrew Bynum scored nine points and g |
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| Lakers play host to local Clippers |
NBA Basketball |
11/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two teams from the same city moving in different directions face off Wednesday night in Staples Center as the undefeated and defending Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers play home team against the winless Clippers. The Lakers made it three in a row during the young season in Denver on Saturday when Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 33 points and took over late in the fourth quarter as the Lakers topped the Nuggets 104-97. With the game knotted 86-all, a Bryant three-pointer sparked |
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| Dumars rolls the dice with Iverson |
NBA Basketball |
11/03/2008 |
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| nce Finals last year. And I don't understand why. I mean, the Pistons did win 59 games under Flip Saunders and still had a championship-tested nucleus led by "Mr. Big Shot" himself, Chauncey Billups. In fact, considering the way Boston dominated the Los Angeles Lakers on the boards and abused them with the pick-and-roll on the offensive end in the NBA Finals, it wasn't all that hard to argue that Detroit was the second-best team in the NBA last season. Dumars wasn't the one making that argument, however. First, t |
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| Bryant, Lakers down Nuggets |
NBA Basketball |
11/02/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Kobe Bryant had a game-high of 33 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers in a 104-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center. Pau Gasol had 16 points to match his game-best 16 rebounds for the Lakers, who are perfect on the season at 3-0. Vladimir Radmanovic and Derek Fisher dropped 11 points each in the win. Anthony Carter had 20 points for the Nuggets, who dropped two of their three contests to open the season. Carmelo Anthony, playing in his first game of the year after si |
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| Suns attempt to continue dominance over Blazers |
NBA Basketball |
11/01/2008 |
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| 10-of-18 shooting to help Portland hold off the Spurs for a thrilling 100-99 triumph at the Rose Garden Friday. LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 points on 10-of-22 field goals for the Trail Blazers, who bounced back from a rough opening-night against the Los Angeles Lakers in which the team lost the services of promising center Greg Oden. Oden, who missed all of last season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his right knee, sprained his right foot while attacking the glass in a battle with the Lakers' Andrew By |
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