A Taste Of Playoff Ball For The Lakers

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Hardwood Paroxysm found this 2/28/2008 on hoopsaddict.com [flag]
If you just look at the score of the Los Angeles Lakers-Portland Trail Blazers game the other night - 96-83 - you’d think, oh the Lakers routed the Blazers. Not true. The Brandon Roy-less (sprained right ankle) Trail Blazers played with an urgency befitting a team in freefall in the ultra-tough Western Conference. After going 17-1 in one stretch of games, in the following 22 games the ... [link]

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Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings 2.28.08
Published 2/28/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm at Hardwood Paroxysm
... Apparently, beating a spiraling-out-of-control-like-it-got-hit-with-artillery Blazers squad without Brandon Roy is a quality playoff-like win. ...

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