Lakers' night goes bad at every turn - Los Angeles Times

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NEW ORLEANS -- Bad night for the Lakers. They lost a game, a player and sole possession of first place in the Western Conference. It was a domino effect they'd rather forget -- Pau Gasol left early because of a sprained left ankle, New Orleans left them behind in a 108-98 victory Friday, and Houston left them fit to be tied atop the West after the Rockets won their 21st consecutive game. Not ... [link]

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Down Goes Pau
Published 3/15/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni Ugh. Can one of the most successful franchises in pro sports history be cursed? I kid, of course, but this is ridiculous: Just as the team enters this season’s most critical stretch of games, Pau Gasol goes down with an ankle injury. Great, just freaking great. Lakers center Pau Gasol sprained his left ankle with 9 minutes 27 seconds left in the first quarter tonight against the New Orleans Hornets and will not return to the game. Gasol was away from the ball when he was injured, but he ...

Pau-ch!
Published 3/15/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... A scant 153 minutes had elapsed when Pau Gasol twisted his ankle after coming down on Vlad Radmanovic's foot. The Spaniard went to the locker room, didn't return, and from there, the Lakers appeared out of sorts. It's not that they were entirely unable to make a game of it. When the time rolled around for halftime orange slices and white board chat, ...

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