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Preview: Lakers vs. Spurs, Game 4

Los Angeles

Duncan had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Tony Parker had 20 points and seven assists in a largely silent Staples Center as San Antonio pushed the Lakers to the brink of first-round playoff elimination for the first time since 2007. "We respect these
Minus Tiago Splitter, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard need to have big [...]

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Preview: Lakers vs. Spurs, Game 4

Los Angeles

a. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol seemed to be reading the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers their inevitable last rites on the eve of Game 4 of their first-round series against the overpowering San Antonio
LOS ANGELES — Andrew Goudelock, a 24-year-old guard who came to the Lakers starting lineup by way of [...]

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Preview: Lakers vs. Spurs, Game 4

Los Angeles

L.A. Lakers star Steve Nash thinks he has a good reason NOT to pay child support — if he does, he thinks his ex-wife will spoil the kids with limos and…
Pau Gasol will play the Los Angeles Lakers' Game 4 with a splint on his right middle finger.
If the Los Angeles Lakers are swept out [...]

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Spurs send Lakers to worst home playoff loss, brink of elimination

ESPN

The Lakers injury list would be comically long if it weren't so sad.
But those two unknown guards are all the Los Angeles Lakers have got right now. With the Lakers' top four guards sidelined by injuries, Goudelock and Morris were in the starting lineup for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series with San Antonio [...]

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Predicting How Lakers' Playoff Scenarios Will Impact 2013 Offseason

Bleacher Rep

The L.A. Lakers and Kobe Bryant go together like peanut butter and bananas and the Lakers wouldn't dream of dumping him to save a few million bucks –…
Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan is nearing an agreement with Rutgers to replace Mike Rice as coach, a person familiar with the situation has told [...]

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Lakers: Week 25 predictions

Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Last summer seems so long ago for the Los Angeles Lakers. While Kobe Bryant was in London winning his second gold medal as a member of the United States Olympic men's basketball team, the stateside hype over the coming N.B.A.
Lakers point guard Steve Blake (5), who finished wiht 23 points, and guard [...]

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Dwight Howard's Orlando return offers Lakers chance to bond

SI.com

Emmy Rossum & Tyler Jacob Moore: Lakers Game Kiss!
If the Lakers are still looking to sign a player, they have $1.59 million of their mid-level exception remaining. They can also sign a free agent for a minimum salary or a 10-day contract. Given their $100-million payroll (almost $130 million with
Update: The Lakers are 11-20 on [...]

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Lakers-Magic Preview

NBA.com

Update: The Lakers are 11-20 on the road. Orlando has the NBA's second-worst record but beat the Lakers, 113-103, at Staples Center, on Dec. 2. The Magic ended a seven-game home losing streak, its longest since 2003-04, by beating Philadelphia on
Update: The Lakers are 11-20 on the road. Orlando has the NBA's second-worst record but [...]

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Lakers' Dwight Howard braces for unhappy return to Orlando

Los Angeles

Dwight Howard has apologized to Orlando for his behavior during a two-year free agency drama that culminated in a trade to the Lakers last summer. The apology comes just days before the Lakers' first trip to the city where
The Lakers (33-31) were so low for so long that they'd take a victory any way they [...]

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Preview: Lakers vs. Chicago Bulls

Los Angeles

Gary Vitti has seen a lot in his 29 years as the Lakers' athletic trainer. This is his most trying season yet. He has felt the weight of the team's struggles, the Lakers standing at 32-31 and tied with Utah for the eighth and final playoff spot in the
LOS ANGELES _ The media dining room [...]

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