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Denver Nuggets Strike Gold Against The Los Angeles Lakers
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . In the words of James Worthy, postgame, “I need a drink!” The Los Angeles Lakers played the Denver Nuggets at home on Sunday, and it got ugly in the...
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Why the Blake Griffin-Carmelo Anthony trade won’t happen
Image courtesy of Kimberly N./Flickr . In the words of the Los Angeles Clippers' long-time play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler, “settle down Clipper Nation.” Blake Griffin isn’t going anywhere, and while the Clippers have made strides...
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Miles Plumlee, Phoenix Suns thrash Los Angeles Lakers
In a masterful performance, Miles Plumlee scored 17 points and snagged 20 rebounds, leading the surging Phoenix Suns to a 117-90 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. The victory moved the Suns...
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Kobe Bryant out for the next six weeks with a knee fracture
Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard and legend, Kobe Bryant (yes, he's still playing, but can you argue he deserves to be called a legend?), will be sidelined for six weeks with a fracture to his...
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The NBA's 10 Worst Starters
After a long and trying season, an amateur draft process, an arduous window of regulated market activity, exploratory summer leagues and training camps and pre-season contests, each franchise rolls out its carefully assembled roster for...
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Los Angeles Lakers finish the Memphis Grizzlies ... and their road trip
The Los Angeles Lakers struggled on this road trip but managed to a pull out a victory in Tuesday night's matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies. The game started out with two fast turnovers at the...
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Pau Gasol for sale
The Los Angeles Lakers began the season with trade rumors , threatening to break up the basketball brotherhood of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol well before they retook the court together. Nothing’s happened yet, perhaps...
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Cooler heads for the New York Knicks
The ineptitude of the New York Knicks has once again taken center stage in an otherwise entertaining NBA campaign. A nine-game losing streak that carried New York from mid-November through the first of this month...
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Kobe Bryant looks rusty in return loss to Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers game last night was bigger than usual. All season the Lakers have been a pretty fun team to watch, but it's just not the same without Kobe Bryant....
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Depleted Los Angeles Lakers present ripe pickings for Sacramento Kings
Tonight, the Sacramento Kings will host a Los Angeles Lakers team which is dominated by news and updates of the possible return of Kobe Bryant, a player whose absence has left a void in basketball,...
