forumblueandgold.com - 4/27/2007
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Finally!
In the second quarter, the Lakers started playing like a desperate team, and washed in with that wave of desperation was hustle and honest-to-goodness pick-and-roll defense. Back for three quarters were the Lakers from last December, the team other squads didn’t want to see come playoff time.
Keying the 21-9 second quarter run that got things started was the defense — ...
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LAST NIGHT IN THE NBA: Lakers Make It Just Interesting Enough To Ultimately Disappoint
Deadspin —
... Last night's Lakers win over the Suns dissuaded many Lakers backers from throwing up their hands and admitting their team is toast, thanks largely to Kobe and Kwame Brown, who just keeps hanging around and being tall. In a way, it's encouraging to see Kobe and the Lakers avoiding the nasty 3-0 hole the Magic are in right now (and the Jazz avoided last night); it might have been easily dismissed had the Lakers been swept, but it still would have seemed wrong somehow.
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... . Some smart thoughts about how Los Angeles actually won.
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