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20100311

Video: Kobe's Game-Winner Gets Lakers Back in the Win Column

This wasn't exactly how it was supposed to go down on Tuesday for the Lakers. L.A. was coming off of its first three-game losing streak since acquiring Pau Gasol back in 2008. And facing a Raptors team at home which had won just once in its previous six games, it should have been a comfortable, get-right win for the Lakers.

But it wasn't, thanks to L.A.'s inability to slow Toronto's attack for most of the game. So, with about 10 seconds remaining, the game was all tied up at 107,...

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20100309

Gasol Has Inside Perspective on Lakers' Recent Woes

ORLANDO -- When things start to unravel -- like they clearly are with the Los Angeles Lakers -- perspective can be a funny thing.

Kobe Bryant seems to think there's nothing wrong with the first three-game losing streak in more than two years. After all, he scored 39, 26 and 34 points, respectively, in those three games.

Pau Gasol, who has averaged less than 14 points in the three losses, has a different take. He believes the defending NBA champions have been thrown out of sync...

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20100302

Pau Gasol Says the Nuggets 'Talk Way Too Much'

The Lakers picked up their best win of the season on Sunday, twice overcoming a double-digit deficit to take down the Nuggets, a team they'd lost to in their previous two meetings.

Denver came out and played a physical style that knocked L.A. on its heels early, but down the stretch, the Lakers dug deep and found enough toughness to fight back and take the victory.

As it turns out, the Nuggets just might have had something to do with L.A.'s late-game surge.

It's...

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20100226

Kobe's Not the Problem, but Something Is

The Lakers are 1-1 since Kobe Bryant returned from injury. They are a game behind Cleveland for the best record in the league. They lost to the Mavericks on the road, on the second game of a back to back, by single digits only after a Kobe pull-up long three-pointer clanged off and Pau Gasol was unable to secure a rebound. So to throw out the idea that there's a problem with the Lakers is a little like complaining about the Sistine Chapel being dusty.

Nonetheless, you can see a significant...

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20100206

Phil Jackson Considering Resting Kobe Because of Injuries?

Kobe Bryant is injured. Despite battling through broken/dislocated finger(s) on his shooting hand, back spasms, and most recently, ankle issues, he remains committed to playing all 82 games this season.

Now of course, this is not in the team's best interest. For the Lakers to accomplish their ultimate goal of repeating as champions, they'll need Bryant to be as close to 100 percent as possible. And for the first time this season, Phil Jackson seemed to be taking...

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20100204

Jackson becomes winningest Lakers coach with victory over Bobcats

LOS ANGELES -- With his superstar hobbling and the Charlotte Bobcats refusing to go away, Phil Jackson never got terribly comfortable while becoming the winningest coach in Los Angeles Lakers history.

Andrew Bynum had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Lamar Odom scored 19 points while making several big plays down the stretch, making sure Jackson added another superlative to his matchless coaching career in Los Angeles' 99-97 victory over the...

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20100203

Gasol, Jackson Criticize Kobe on His Historic Night

Kobe Bryant became the Lakers' all-time leading scorer on Monday, surpassing the great Jerry West with an uncontested slam dunk in the third quarter of L.A.'s two-point loss at the hands of the Grizzlies. Bryant (coincidentally?) finished the game with 44 points, the same number that West wore on his jersey for the duration of his Hall-of-Fame career.

The individual accomplishment is something to behold, especially when you consider the storied history of the Lakers franchise. But on...

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