Bonuses a sticking point in talks with Dunleavy?

Although the Clippers are prepared to pay Coach Mike Dunleavy as much as $5.6 million a season, the parties might not complete a deal because of the team’s stance on playoff bonuses, sources said Saturday.

Andy Roeser, executive vice president, and Dunleavy’s agent, Warren LeGarie, have finalized the framework of the package’s base salary in a four-year deal, but have not come to terms on what Dunleavy would receive for the team’s future success in the postseason.

“We don’t negotiate in the media, and we certainly don’t do it with anonymous sources,” Roeser said during halftime of Saturday’s Clippers-Lakers game. “We’ve made an extraordinary proposal, and in spite of all the rhetoric, I’m confident it’s all going to work out fine.”

As of Saturday night, the sides were still far apart on the payouts to Dunleavy if the Clippers advanced to the Western Conference finals, won the conference championship and won the NBA Finals, the sources said. The Clippers, who have never reached the conference finals, advanced to Game 7 of a conference semifinal series against the Phoenix Suns last season.

“I’m not going to keep talking about this,” said Dunleavy, who declined to answer questions about negotiations before the game. “Like I’ve said, I haven’t signed anything yet. This is where I want to be, that hasn’t changed. I just have to wait and see what happens.”

Dunleavy had not given the team a deadline to complete the deal, sources said, but two people close to Dunleavy said he hoped the situation would be resolved soon. Dunleavy apparently is concerned the ongoing talks could become a distraction to the team, which has struggled because of injuries and ineffectiveness.

If the sides fail to complete a deal, Dunleavy is expected to be on the short list of many teams seeking coaches in the off-season. In addition to his coaching, Dunleavy has had significant input in personnel decisions, the primary reason owner Donald T. Sterling is willing to increase Dunleavy’s guaranteed salary by about $4 million a season for the length of the new contract.

Dunleavy has played a key role in the team’s unprecedented stability in basketball operations, and many in the organization said they were eager for him to return.

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Kwame Brown started a second consecutive game at center for the Lakers, a trend that might continue for a while.

Andrew Bynum started the team’s first 14 games, but Coach Phil Jackson began to see the beginning stages of teenage insouciance.

“Andrew kind of had been given that job because of default,” Jackson said. “He hadn’t been working hard enough to maintain that position. Just a few things got under my skin a little bit. I didn’t think that he deserved to continue there.

“He didn’t come early enough to work. Our coaching staff came in and said Andrew was the last one out on the floor shooting and we really need to send a message to him.”

Bynum didn’t necessarily consider it a demotion.

“It doesn’t matter to me as long as I get some minutes,” he said. “It’s really not that much different. I’m still coming in early in the game.”

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Kobe Bryant didn’t insist on getting put back into Thursday’s game against Utah after scoring 30 points in the third quarter, a fact interpreted by Jackson as a sign of maturity.

“He might have had that fire in his eyes still [in the past] and say, ‘I want to go back in,’ and finish his game off,” Jackson said. “This time, it wasn’t that kind of vindictiveness or even that effort to try and score 60 points.”

Bryant eventually did re-enter the game for 3:23 of the final quarter with the Lakers comfortably ahead. He didn’t score in the quarter and finished with 52 points.

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CLIPPERS TONIGHT

vs. Orlando, 6:30, Channel 5

Site -- Staples Center.

Radio -- 710.

Records -- Clippers 7-8, Magic 13-4.

Record vs. Magic (2005-06) -- 2-0.

Update -- The Magic has won six consecutive games, leads the Southeast Division and has the best record in the Eastern Conference. Third-year center-forward Dwight Howard averages a team-high 17.2 points and leads the league in rebounding at 13.7 a game. Forward Grant Hill, a former All-Star who played in only 36 games the previous two seasons because of injuries, is averaging 15.7 points a game.

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KEYS TO THE GAME

* Vladimir Radmanovic vs. Tim Thomas. The Clippers signed Thomas in the off-season when Radmanovic left for the Lakers. On Saturday, Radmanovic had 10 points in an efficient effort. Thomas missed six of seven shots and scored three points.

* The Clippers’ sloppiness. The Clippers committed 18 turnovers that the Lakers converted to 28 points. That’s a formula for failure.

* Getting everyone involved. Kobe Bryant scored “only” 29 points, but the offense ran smoothly for the Lakers.

--JASON REID