Archive for June 7th, 2009
Lakers halfway to title, top Magic in OT (AP)
Lucky to have a second chance, the Los Angeles Lakers grabbed it. Kobe Bryant and Co. held on and are in control of the NBA finals — just barely. Orlando rookie Courtney Lee missed a potential winning layup as regulation ended, giving Los Angeles another shot it didn't waste. Pau Gasol scored seven points in [...]
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Lakers lead at half despite Lewis’ 20 (AP)
Kobe Bryant and the balanced Los Angeles Lakers led Rashard Lewis and the Orlando Magic 40-35 at halftime. Bryant scored six points, and Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom had seven each in the first 24 minutes of Game 2 of the NBA finals on Sunday night. The Lakers shot 42 percent from the floor to [...]
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Los Angeles to host 2011 All-Star game (AP)
The NBA All-Stars are coming back to a city filled with stars. The league is bringing its All-Star game and weekend-long festivities to Los Angeles for a record fifth time in 2011, continuing a trend of taking its midwinter break in a warm weather city. Commissioner David Stern made the announcement Sunday before Game 2 [...]
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Lakers’ Jackson began coaching baseball (AP)
Phil Jackson the baseball coach? That's right. Jackson's first coaching job was as a baseball coach when he went to school at the University of North Dakota in the late 1960s. Jackson liked the job, but found basketball to be more of a challenge. "Jerry Reinsdorf always used to say, well, it's probably more difficult [...]
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Lakers say they’d be OK if Kobe had left (AP)
Imagine the NBA draft, not the NBA finals, being the big event for the Los Angeles Lakers this summer. Picture Blake Griffin being ticketed for the Lakers, not the Clippers, who worked out the presumed No. 1 pick Saturday while their Staples Center co-tenants were practicing for Game 2 of the finals. Would any of [...]
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