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Preview: Lakers at Spurs
The Lakers (45-37) might have gotten their most favorable first-round matchup in the San Antonio Spurs (58-24). Now they have the actual task of playing the Spurs. San Antonio is the prohibitive favorite. They averaged 103 points a game while giving...
Tags: Danny Green, Kobe Bryant, Jodie Meeks, Manu Ginobili, Basketball
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NBA playoffs 2013: Which are the most likely first-round upsets?
Writers from around the Tribune Co. pick which NBA team in each conference is the most likely to pull a first-round upset. Feel free to add your picks in the comments section. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times Golden State could beat Denver in the West....
Tags: Manu Ginobili, Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Stephen Curry, Basketball
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Up, in or out? For Lakers, it all comes down to Wednesday
The Lakers have redefined unpredictability this season, touching too many lows to count despite an egregiously large $100-million payroll. But a basketball break bounced in their direction Monday, the Houston Rockets somehow losing to Phoenix, meaning...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Jodie Meeks, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter
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Lakers beat Spurs to move to within one win of a playoff spot
Lakers 91, Spurs 86 (final) The Lakers claimed another must-win game, defeating the mighty San Antonio Spurs, 91-86, without Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash. With the win, the Lakers improve to 44-37. A victory on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets at...
Tags: Danny Green, Staples Center, Kobe Bryant, Jodie Meeks, Steve Nash
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Steve Blake channels Kobe Bryant in Lakers' win against Spurs
The White Mamba. The Blake Mamba. Whatever nickname you could conjure for Steve Blake on Sunday night worked. The Lakers guard scored 18 points in his first 18 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs, actually surpassing the nearly point-a-minute pace...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Staples Center, Los Angeles Lakers, Basketball, San Antonio Spurs
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The Times' NBA rankings
SEE YOU IN THE FINALS 1. MIAMI (63-16) Playoffs really begin for Heat on June 6: That’s start date for the Finals. (1) 2. OKLAHOMA CITY (59-21) Thunder may not miss James Harden in first round; it may see him every day. (2) HOPING TO MAKE...
Tags: Grant Hill, Ricky Rubio, Philadelphia 76ers, Kobe Bryant, Al Jefferson
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Kevin Durant might be losing 'nice' persona
Image makeover Kevin Durant is not nice? The marketing slogan may have a sliver of truth to it after the Oklahoma City Thunder star's questionable gesture and explanation Thursday against Golden State. Durant collected the ball off a Russell...
Tags: Russell Westbrook, San Antonio Spurs, Basketball, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
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Stephen Jackson waived by the Spurs
Stephen Jackson, the volatile yet sometimes highly productive swingman, has been waived by the San Antonio Spurs, who apparently would rather go to the playoffs without him than listen to him complain about his minutes and role with the team. San...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, National Basketball Association, Sports, San Antonio Spurs, Basketball
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Lakers' Week 26 in review
The Lakers hit a playoff dead end in Week 26, trying to beat the San Antonio Spurs with a decimated skeleton crew. TNT and NBA TV analysts Steve Kerr, Kenny Smith and Dennis Scott all agreed that the Lakers had no real chance against San Antonio....
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Jodie Meeks, Steve Nash, Andrew Goudelock , Los Angeles Lakers
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Lakers' playoff outcome all but inevitable going into Game 4
It's become a record-breaking playoff run for the Lakers, not the kind they ever expected when Steve Nash put ink to paper last July, followed a month later by the Dwight Howard acquisition. The Lakers have lost three consecutive playoff games by double...
Tags: Earl Clark, Staples Center, Jodie Meeks, ESPN (tv network), Andrew Goudelock
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Lakers' Andrew Goudelock rises to the moment
Faint chants could be heard as Andrew Goudelock stepped to the free-throw line late in the first quarter. “MVP!” fans yelled halfheartedly inside Staples Center, as if they were almost embarrassed it had come to this for the Lakers. The...
Tags: Staples Center, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Andrew Goudelock , Los Angeles Lakers
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Gregg Popovich on Lakers: 'It wasn't a fair fight'
The Lakers (45-37) were no match for the San Antonio Spurs — not with Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Steve Blake, Jodie Meeks and Metta World Peace all in street clothes. San Antonio (58-24) had little trouble completing the sweep on Sunday with a 103-...
Tags: Denver Nuggets, Steve Blake, Kobe Bryant, Tony Parker, Jodie Meeks
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