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Lakers losing to the Clippers

By Mike Bresnahan
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The Lakers trailed the Clippers, 33-22, after the first quarter of an exhibition game Sunday at Staples Center.

Eric Gordon had 11 points for the Clippers, who pretty much had their way with the short-staffed Lakers in the quarter. Ron Artest had seven points for the Lakers, who were without injured forwards Luke Walton, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom. None of the injuries were considered serious.

The Lakers made only seven of 22 shots in the quarter. The Clippers made 12 of 22 shots.

Odom has missed two games because of a bruised right shin, Gasol has missed three games because of a strained right hamstring and Walton has missed three games because of a sore back.

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-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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