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Lakers climbing back into playoff position
The Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, 104-87, on Friday night at Staples Center to improve to 15-15 while the Blazers dropped to 14-14. The Minnesota Timberwolves are 13-13, making it a three-way tie in the standings for eighth place. The...
Tags: Staples Center, Jamaal Wilkes, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, Matt Barnes (basketball)
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Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni investing in guard Darius Morris
Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni has a history of using players out of position. As he did when coaching the Phoenix Suns by playing Shawn Marion at power forward and either Amar'e Stoudemire or Boris Diaw at center, which was considered unorthodox. Now...
Tags: Dwight Howard, Damian Lillard, Steve Nash, Chris Bosh, Boris Diaw
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Preview: Lakers vs. Trail Blazers
The Lakers (14-15) host the Portland Trail Blazers (14-13) on Friday night. The two teams met previously on Oct. 31, the second game of the year in a 116-106 Blazers victory in Portland. It was the same game Steve Nash fractured his leg, which set...
Tags: Damian Lillard, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, LaMarcus Aldridge
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Lakers continue to climb in the standings
The Lakers head into 2013 in 10th place (Western Conference) with a 15-15 record, overtaking both the Utah Jazz (15-17) and the Dallas Mavericks (12-19). The minimum goal of the regular season is to finish in the top eight. Naturally, the Lakers will...
Tags: Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs
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Lakers near top eight in the Western Conference
The Lakers may have finally climbed from rock bottom after losing four straight games. Now the team has won four in a row after dipping to 9-14 while waiting for Pau Gasol and Steve Nash to get healthy. Gasol and Nash are back and the Lakers are...
Tags: Steve Nash, Houston Rockets, Kobe Bryant, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz
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Spurs top Memphis; that, at least, is fine with them
Tony Parker scored 30 points, Tim Duncan had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs shook off what Coach Gregg Popovich called a "disappointing" $250,000 fine by the NBA to beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 99-95, in overtime Saturday night in San...
Tags: Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng, Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs, Chandler Parsons
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Lakers may be within reach of the Warriors
Is it too early to scoreboard watch? The Golden State Warriors lost in Sacramento to the Kings, 131-127, on Wednesday night, falling to 17-9. Given how poorly the Lakers have started the season (12-14), the team has significant ground to make up in...
Tags: Steve Nash, Staples Center, Los Angeles Kings, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks
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Jamal Crawford feels at home with the Clippers [Video]
Chris Paul acknowledged that he's stumped. He can't figure out a nickname for Jamal Crawford that does the veteran guard justice. "Not 'The Microwave' because that doesn't really stay hot," Paul said. Definitely not befitting of Crawford, who led all...Tags: Chris Paul, Sports, The Pennsylvania State University, Matt Barnes (basketball), Grant Hill
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Who says the NBA is unpredictable?
It's the most anticipated NBA season in Los Angeles history, so what are we waiting for? Oct. 30 — The Lakers defeat the Dallas Mavericks by 55 points in the season opener. At least, this is the rumor. Nobody actually sees the game after it is...
Tags: Steve Nash, Halloween, Sports, Christmas, Los Angeles Dodgers
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NBA's latest edicts aimed at floppers and pregame showstoppers
It was hard to tell what, exactly, the Oklahoma City Thunder was preparing to do. In a routine as carefully choreographed as any Broadway production, Russell Westbrook and James Harden would flex their muscles before games last season. Brawny forward...
Tags: Dwyane Wade, Jack Nicholson, Sports, Nolan Smith, Kevin Love
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Clippers' Jamal Crawford aims at perfecting his shot
After 12 NBA seasons and with a firm reputation as a pure shooter, Clippers guard Jamal Crawford tried something during the off-season he had never done before. He practiced shooting. It's astonishing to think that Crawford, who is the NBA's career...
Tags: Chris Paul, Career and Workplace, Sports, Lamar Odom, Ronny Turiaf
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Clippers name Gary Sacks head of basketball operations
The Clippers stayed in-house and named Gary Sacks, a longtime player personnel and scouting executive, as their vice president of basketball operations to succeed the departed Neil Olshey. Sacks is entering his 19th season with the Clippers and spent the...
Tags: Lamar Odom, Basketball, Vinny Del Negro, Michael Strahan, Los Angeles Clippers
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