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Lakers pull inside job against Denver - LA Daily News
Lakers Blog found this 4/21/2008 on www.dailynews.com [flag]
Now the chess match begins. The Lakers' opening salvo was unbeatable. They made all the right moves during a 128-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Sunday afternoon at Staples Center. The top-seeded Lakers exploited the eighth-seeded Nuggets' lack of an inside defensive presence and their determination to thwart Kobe Bryant on ... [link]

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What's Spanish for "monkey shed from one's back?"
Published 4/21/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... came in large part due to George Karl's decision to have power forward Kenyon Martin guard Kobe, a tactic that made life tough on the Mamba, but sacrificed a vulnerable paint to Gasol's talents. Lamar Odom found ...

Kobe Bryant is always the story
Published 4/22/2008 by james at NBA Obsessed - NBA Basketball News
... for a career high in points in the playoffs. Gasol also led the Lakers with 16 rebounds, eight assists and three blocked shots in 45 minutes. “They had to leave me (open) a few times … and my teammates found me,” Gasol said. “I just had to finish down low.” Bryant scored 32 points on 9-for-26 shooting, breaking free from the Nuggets’ defensive shackles after scoring only four points on 2-for-10 shooting in the first half. source Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson each knocked down 30 and played ...

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SHELBURNE: Diesel fuel, or Gasol? - LA Daily News

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Cassell Links Allen, KG To Past Playoff Runs, But Celtics Have More Depth, Talent | Playoffs 2008 | Celtics.com

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Garnett and Cassell in Minnesota Kevin Garnett and Sam Cassell celebrate after beating the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2004 NBA Playoffs. Sam and KG went to the Western Conference Finals before being eliminated by a loader Los Angeles ...
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It's not personal, it's technical for Lakers, Nuggets - Los Angeles Times

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Five technical fouls, one flagrant foul, one ejection, three busy referees. Game 1 wasn't so much the start of a series as it was the beginning of an undercard. Tempers weren't the main event, but they bobbed and weaved into the flow Sunday at ...
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