latimes.com - 11/11/2008
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The Lakers are ranked second in field-goal-percentage defense, holding teams to 39% shooting. The Celtics are ranked first in field-goal-percentage defense, holding teams to 37.5% shooting. "We know that Boston was better on defense than we were last year," Pau Gasol said. "It's a big part of ...
hoopsworld.com - 11/9/2008
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It's Sunday which means it's time to take
a look at what the wonderful world of the...
NBA taught us this week. Bynum Worth the Jack? Fans and pundits in the City of Angels had been debating the merits of the Los Angeles Lakers giving a 21-year-old, ...
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5 Things We Learned In The NBA This Week - Basketball ...
latimes.com - 11/9/2008
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The culprits are many. Andrew Bynum is shooting
only 44.4% after a 63.6% effort last season. Derek...
Fisher is shooting 36.6% and Sasha Vujacic only 31.8%. Pau Gasol is making 45.2% of his shots, a 6% drop from his career percentage. Kobe Bryant , a ...
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Lakers unbeaten, but they're not exactly hotshots - Los ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/10/2008
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Trevor Ariza AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill He might
be a stealth player, but Trevor Ariza is showing...
up exactly where L.A. needs him this season. LOS ANGELES -- In a Lakers-Rockets game with no shortage of big names, you had to dig deep through the box ...
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J.A. Adande: Lakers better with Ariza on the floor
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... Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: “Having two 7-footers in Gasol and Andrew Bynum this season has helped the Lakers on defense. Bynum is second in the NBA in blocked shots, averaging 2.8 per game. Gasol averages 1.4 blocks. ‘We’re both athletic 7-footers and that helps us,’ Gasol said. ‘That’s our responsibility, is to be there and protect our guys.’ Having athletic wing players on defense also has helped the Lakers. Trevor Ariza and Kobe Bryant are very good defenders against shooting guards and small forwards, ...
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latimes.com 11/10/2008 — "At least as far as my aggressiveness," Gasol said. "I think it really raised my level when I got hit a couple of times in my face. That kind of got me going a little bit inside, because I wasn't being very sharp. It was a good wake-up call." Gasol ...
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Shot Charting The Lakers
forumblueandgold.com 11/10/2008 —
Since talking about the Lakers shooting — bad , maybe not that ba d — is all the rage, I decided to shot chart the last two Lakers games. Here are some observations from that exercise:
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All of the Lakers need to be on guard - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 12/5/2008 — "The great defensive teams are not only the ones that are great on on-ball defense, but it's really those four guys behind the guy guarding the ball that make the difference," Fisher said. "We're still improving in that area." So help needs to come ...
Mavs F Howard out with sprained wrist (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/12/2008
Mavericks forward Josh Howard missed a second straight game Tuesday night, keeping Dallas without one of its top defenders against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Howard sprained his left wrist against Denver on Friday night. Without him, the ...
