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MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
It's the story of his career: Bryant finishes a game any ordinary player would have left with a sore back, but his overtime performance draws criticism. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
League MVP vows to be ready for Game 5 against Utah on Wednesday at Staples Center, but the back spasms that hampered him Sunday could diminish his game again. >>
LAKERS
Back pain is one of the most common medical problems and will affect about eight out of 10 people during their lifetimes. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
Cleveland ties the series at 2-2 with an 88-77 victory that drops Boston to 0-5 this postseason on the road. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
Beset by back spasms, he tries to carry team to victory after having a big hand in forcing extra period. But did his teammates defer too much or did he try to go it alone? >>
UTAH 123, LAKERS 115 (OT)
Bryant is injured early, misfires late, and Lakers fail to execute in overtime as Jazz wins to tie series, 2-2. Turiaf is ejected, and Utah's bench outscores L.A.'s, 39-16. >>
JERRY CROWE
Text messages from press row . . . >>
LAKERS REPORT
Backup center's flagrant foul and ejection in second quarter leaves Lakers short-handed at the position, forcing Gasol to play 48 minutes in overtime loss to Utah. >>
UTAH REPORT
Utah's reserves score a postseason-high 39 points, while Lakers subs account for only 16 points, 11 of them coming from Sasha Vujacic. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
With back spasms, Kobe Bryant isn't the same, especially late in a 123-115 Lakers overtime loss to the Jazz, although he turns playmaker to help force the extra period. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
SAN ANTONIO -- Warming up before Game 4, Tim Duncan decided to have a little fun. He threw the ball behind his back and between his legs, then went up for the lay-in. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
As series with Utah gets tight, Lakers need the hot-and-cold Sasha Vujacic to keep things loose, and to hit a few key jumpers in the bargain. >>
KURT STREETER
The Boston star, accused of making a 'menacing gesture' that was seen as a gang sign, has given much back to the L.A. community and doesn't deserve such treatment. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
They can't wait to get Andrew Bynum back, but that won't be until next season and this bunch is doing OK. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
Utah returns to practice with a chance to even the series on Sunday in Game 4. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
Pau Gasol isn't happy with his performance in Game 3, the Lakers' first defeat in more than a month. >>
BEHIND THE LINES
The Lakers are three-point road underdogs for today's Game 4 against Utah in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals. >>
NBA ROUNDUP
Playing without injured Billups, they hold off Magic to take 3-1 series lead. >>
NBA REPORT
Former Suns coach reportedly gets a four-year contract worth $24 million to go to New York. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
Staff writer Mike Bresnahan ties up loose ends before Lakers playoff games. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
Center's disappearing act at the first sign of playoff adversity is a troubling sign for the Lakers. >>
UTAH 104, LAKERS 99
Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur have big games to get Utah back in the series, as L.A. suffers its first loss of the postseason. >>
JERRY CROWE
Text messages from press row . . . >>
WNBA
With the WNBA season to begin May 17, the Los Angeles Sparks rookie stars in commercials that reach out to male sports fans. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
The Utah forward who was unsettled by his less-than-expected performance in Game 2 comes through in Game 3 victory for Jazz. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Fisher has early foul trouble and Farmar can't make a shot as the point guards struggle. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
Lakers' stroll through playoffs is interrupted by their first postseason loss, 104-99 in Utah. Another defeat Sunday and they'll have a serious series on their hands. >>
THE STATS LLC LINE
STATS LLC provides a statistical windfall of information as the Lakers play Utah in Salt Lake City. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
As the longest tenured coach in all of the major professional sports, he sticks to the bread-and-butter pick-and-roll system that has been so effective. He guides team against Lakers again tonight. >>
MARK HEISLER ON THE NBA
It's been a year since the point guard endured one of the most dramatic days in his life -- playing for Utah in a playoff game hours after his daughter underwent cancer surgery. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
A quick lead is the best formula for playing in Utah, where the fans get extra loud. >>
JERRY CROWE
Text messages from press row . . . >>
SOUND AND VISION
Marge Hearn says her late husband would have enjoyed how the Lakers have played so far in the postseason. >>
BILL DWYRE
The mere mortals in Los Angeles are used to living alongside some high-powered stars, but the hero worship lavished upon the Lakers star, the newly minted NBA MVP, transcends all. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Being winless in a best-of-seven playoff series historically has not boded well for NBA teams. But Utah has worked its way out of that hole before. >>
NBA ROUNDUP
San Antonio, blown out in the first two games of the series, gets 31 points apiece from Parker and Ginobili in a 110-99 victory to avoid an 0-3 deficit. >>
BEHIND THE LINES
His Jazz team is down 2-0 in series to Lakers, but he can hark back to being in a similar situation as a player with Chicago in 1971. >>
LAKERS / BRESNAHAN'S TAKE
Times staff writer Mike Bresnahan ties up some loose ends before Lakers playoff games. >>
AROUND THE NBA
The point guard will be a game-time decision after straining his hamstring early in a Game 3 loss to the Orlando Magic. >>
NBAStore.com set a record for such sales in the first 24 hours, according to SportsBusiness Daily. >>
T.J. SIMERS
With the NBA commissioner in town and probably hoping for a Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals, the referees get whistle-happy against Utah. >>
LAKERS 120, UTAH 110
Bryant gets MVP trophy, then leads Lakers to 2-0 edge in series. >>
LAKERS REPORT
If the 20-year-old center doesn't feel better in three to four weeks, he might have exploratory surgery on a sore left knee that has kept him sidelined since Jan. 13. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
When do the playoffs start? >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
Rashard Lewis scores 33 points and the Magic defeats the Pistons. >>
AROUND THE NBA
Atlanta Hawks General Manager Billy Knight is stepping down, effective July 1. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
What makes the Lakers guard so difficult off the court is precisely what makes him so great on the court. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Kobe gets 82 first-place votes to easily outdistance runner-up Paul of New Orleans. >>
JERRY CROWE
Text messages from press row . . . >>
BEHIND THE LINES
They have made it look easy so far in playoffs. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Utah, down 1-0, will try for a split in L.A. before heading home, where it lost only four times in the regular season. >>
LAKERS / BRESNAHAN'S TAKE
Staff writer Mike Bresnahan ties up some loose ends before Lakers playoff games. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Cavaliers forward scores only 12 points on two-for-18 shooting and misses a big layup in the final seconds of a 76-72 loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
Last May, the Lakers star was trashing the organization, on his way to demanding a trade. This May he's MVP and they're back in title hunt. How'd they get from there to here? >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
Sloan says the right things but doesn’t appear too happy with his team after the Game 1 loss to Lakers. >>
CROWE'S NEST
Former Lakers coach was there at creation, when Globetrotters impresario Abe Saperstein introduced the three-point shot in the short-lived American Basketball League. >>
LAKERS REPORT
After being thoroughly overwhelmed on the boards, 58-41, in Game 1 victory, the Lakers work on increasing physicality. The Jazz has issues too, mainly how to deal with Kobe Bryant. >>
NBA ROUNDUP
San Antonio gets left with an 0-2 series deficit for the first time since 2001 as Paul (30 points and 12 assists) and New Orleans pick up where they left off in Game 1 with a 102-84 victory. >>
LAKERS UPDATE
Kobe admits he didn't think he'd win the award during his career, but he says team's focus is on next series against the Utah Jazz. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Utah forward Carlos Boozer says limiting the Lakers star's free throws and defending him better are keys to avoiding a second-round exit. >>
T.J. SIMERS
A review of Lakers playoff game No. 5 -- 11 wins to go >>
BILL PLASCHKE
His franchise-playoff record 21 made free throws are what makes the difference in Sunday's Lakers' victory over the Utah Jazz. Coach Phil Jackson calls it the team's 'biggest scoring threat.' >>
LAKERS 109, UTAH 98
They take all the punishment the rugged Jazz doles out and make enough free throws to win Game 1 of second-round series. Bryant has 38 points, a team-record 21 of them at the line. >>
LAKERS REPORT
They are outrebounded, 58-41, in Game 1 victory over Utah, including 25-8 on the offensive glass. That 'won't work,' Odom says. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Despite his relative inexperience, the guard gets to choose the team's plays, as his coach defers. But his usually reliable shooting was missing Sunday against the Lakers. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Boston leads by 18 at halftime on the way to a 99-65 victory over the Hawks and a second-round meeting with LeBron James and the Cavaliers. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
Last spring, in a whirlwind of events that captured the attention of a nation, a cancerous tumor was discovered in the left eye of his infant daughter. >>
LAKERS Q & A
L.A.'s newest impact player talks about living in Southern California, things he likes about being in the Southland, his life away from the court and much more. >>
MARK HEISLER ON THE NBA
Stockton and Malone have been replaced by Williams and Boozer, but this much hasn't changed: Utah, and Sloan, still figure to be thorns in Lakers' side. >>
PRO BASKETBALL
Lakers and league MVP Bryant haven't had a game in six days since sweeping Denver. They're eager to get back into it in the second round against Utah. >>
NEW ORLEANS 101, SAN ANTONIO 82
NEW ORLEANS -- David West scored a career playoff-high 30 points to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 101-82 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their Western Division semifinal playoff series Saturday night. >>
DETROIT 91, ORLANDO 72
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Hedo Turkoglu's uncontested dunk early in the second half gave the Orlando Magic its first lead. Less than a minute later, the Detroit Pistons took over. >>
NBA PLAYOFFS
The NBA today revised the schedule for the Lakers-Utah playoff series. >>
NBA
Stern will make the official presentation to Lakers star next week. >>
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