laballtalk.com - 6/4/2008
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The Los Angeles Lakers are starting their matchups with these : Derek Fisher on Rajon Rondo, Kobe Bryant on Ray Allen, Vladimir Radmanovic on Paul Pierce, Lamar Odom on Kendrick Perkins, and Pau Gasol on Kevin Garnett. But wait, these are just temporary matchups, and this won’t stay too long, maybe after Game 1 is
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