20secondtimeout.blogspot.com - 11/12/2008
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Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 27 points--including nine in a key 2:38 stretch of the fourth quarter--as the Lakers overcame a sluggish start to improve to 6-0 with a 106-99 win in Dallas. Bryant shot 10-20 from the field and 7-8 from the free throw line.
Lakers beat Raptors, improve to 14-1 (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 12/1/2008 — Pau Gasol had 24 points and nine rebounds, Kobe Bryant had 23 points and seven assists before sitting out the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 112-99 on Sunday night to improve their league-best record to 14-1. ...
Lakers Top Mavs: Quick Observations and Postgame Quotes
mavsmoneyball.com 11/30/2008 —
Gerald Green scored the first and last points of the game.
Devean George and Antoine Wright got the Kobe assignment. Wright definitely seemed to a better job. The +/-, George -17 and Wright +12, surely the difference wasn't that ...
A Category 5: Here's why the Lakers may be the greatest team ever
bucksdiary.blogspot.com 11/11/2008 — Should we save everyone the time and the aggravation and just have Kobe pose kissing the O'Brien Trophy retro Jordan style right now? Because barring injury or stupid personnel maneuver (neither of which can be discounted), there is next to no way ...
Lakers Getting Defensive
ballerblogger.com 11/12/2008 — I meant to get to this earlier, but Kevin Pelton put together a great scouting report of LA’s new defensive scheme at Basketball Prospectus . I watched Los Angeles’ home opener against Portland and noticed the Lakers were overloading the ...
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:
• Like all teams, the Lakers are at their best when they get ...
Lakers-Suns has different look
azcentral.com 11/20/2008 — The Suns have spent most of their 40 years looking up at the Los Angeles Lakers, but that changed for three years. The Suns won Pacific Division titles in 2005, '06 and '07, outplaying the Lakers by a total of 56 games. The Pacific tide shifted last ...
Lakers too much for Bulls
chicagotribune.com 11/19/2008 — Pau Gasol scored 24 of his season-high 34 points in the first half, and the Lakers rebounded from their first setback of the season with a 116-109 victory over the Bulls on Tuesday night. His previous season high was 22 points.
Wednesday: Bulls ...
All Is Right With The World
forumblueandgold.com 11/13/2008 — We can nit-pick this team if we want (and we my a little bit), but we Lakers fans need to step back for a second and enjoy this moment. We need to savor watching this team play, the passing, the breaks, the dunks and the beauty of well-played ...
Lakers Up, Kobe Down
laballtalk.com 10/22/2008 — The Lakers won their 4th straight preseason game but lost Kobe Bryant...
Lakers Survive Scare in Dallas, Now 6-0 —
Bleacher Report - NBA 11/12/2008
Post Game Analysis Lakers 106 Dallas 99
The Mavericks played one of their better games of the season, getting 21 points from Jason Terry and 17 from Gerald Green. The defensive effort was inspiring, and the atmosphere was similar to a playoff game. ...