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Lakers' 16-game home winning streak over Utah Jazz shows trends in performance
Lakers BlogThe Lakers aren't making much of this, no matter how impressive it sounds. But facts are facts and they say this: The Lakers have beaten the Utah Jazz 16 consecutive times at Staples Center, and No. 17 could come Tuesday night. Even though the Lakers have... -
Lakers must quickly shift focus to Utah
Lakers BlogThe Lakers ended their first-round series Friday against Oklahoma City in exhausting fashion, but they somehow must find a way quickly to turn it around Sunday when they host the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. "It's pretty... -
Caught in the Web: Reactions to Lakers' 95-94 Game 6 victory over Oklahoma City
Lakers BlogGame stories --The Times' Mike Bresnahan details Pau Gasol's game-winning shot in the Lakers' 95-94 Game 6 victory Friday over the Oklahoma City Thunder. --The Orange County Register's Kevin Ding relives how the Lakers delivered a knockout punch to OKC.... -
Lakers reveal various trends in previous Game 3 losses to Utah
Lakers BlogThe Lakers made it well aware they remember vividly what's happened the past two seasons when they visited Utah for Game 3 in the 2008 Western Conference semifinals and in the first round of the 2009 NBA playoffs. After the Lakers opened both series... -
Lakers' dominance too much for Jazz to overcome in 111-96 Game 4 victory
Lakers BlogThe Lakers had the Jazz right where they wanted them, building a double-digit half-time lead, establishing continued dominance from Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol and sucking the atmosphere right out of Energy Solutions Arena. But then the second half began.... -
Sizing up the Lakers-Phoenix matchup
Lakers BlogThe Lakers have a well-deserved day off today, knowing there will be plenty of days to practice before their West Finals matchup with Phoenix begins next Monday. Hey, even if the NBA's interest in this drawn out schedule has more to do with dollars and... -
Lakers point to inside game as main key against Phoenix Suns
Lakers BlogIt's a simple formula and one the Lakers know make them nearly unbeatable if they execute it correctly. That approach entails running their offense through the post, taking advantage of the height discrepancy they typically have with two seven-footers... -
Lakers find Thursday's practice instrumental in 106-92 victory over Utah Jazz
Lakers BlogThe Lakers walked into Thursday's practice with more of an eagerness to play than to sulk. They approached the practice with more of an eagerness to learn than to point fingers. And they finished the practice with more of an eagerness to replicate the... -
Kobe Bryant's poor shooting past two games reveal a mixed bag in shot selection
Lakers BlogThe timing couldn't have been more coincidental. After Lakers guard Kobe Bryant signed a three-year extension, he's followed up the past two games shooting 13 of 47 from the field. Those two games surely don't overshadow Bryant's storied 13-year career,... -
Lakers can't finish it off
Times Staff WriterSALT LAKE CITY — It looked like a playoff game, felt like one too, and the only thing giving it away was a solemn group of Lakers slipping into their winter coats, slowly and quietly, before walking to the team bus in crisp late-November weather....Tags: Staples Center, Basketball, National Basketball Association, Utah Jazz, Kobe Bryant
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NBA free agents: Updates on Class of 2012
South Florida Sun SentinelAn updated look at NBA free agents. Who has signed, who is still available, who has become available: Best of who is left: Kenyon Martin, Josh Howard, Derek Fisher, Chris Andersen, Mickael Pietrus, Mehmet Okur (retired), Maurice Evans, Ryan Gomes,...Tags: Michael Redd, E'Twaun Moore , Brad Miller, Willie Green, Jordan Hill
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Turkey president shops at Brooks Brothers and other NATO sightings
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had dinner at upscale Mexican restaurant Mercadito Monday while in Chicago for NATO. And as you would expect, he had plenty of company. Besides the Prince's table of seven, the large...
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