Lakers 128, Nuggets 114: Gasol Proves Lakers Are a One-Man Band No More
Published 4/21/2008 at NYT > Pro Basketball
The Lakers did something Sunday that had been heretofore unimaginable in the post-Shaquille O’Neal era: They won a playoff game without Kobe Bryant in the starring role.
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