latimes.com - 12/15/2008
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"No, they're doing OK," said Winter, the Lakers' basketball consultant. "It's just a question of staying with the offense, staying with the principle of the offense. Sometimes we get away from it, give up on it too soon." What bothers Winter the most is when the Lakers stop sharing the ...
sports.espn.go.com - 12/17/2008
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LOS ANGELES -- If you have a kid
who's distracted right now, who can't concentrate on his...
homework, who can't do anything but count down the hours until Christmas, then you know what's wrong with the Lakers. They can't wait until Dec. 25, when they ...
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Daily Dime: Lakers losing their focus - NBA
twolvesblog.com - 12/13/2008
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twolvesblog.com —
Behind the scenes info from Laker insider, Mike
Trudell. He answers questions about who Kobe hangs out...
with, Laker pre-game rituals, and other locker room info.
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Live From L.A. With Mike Trudell
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/12/2008
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Luke Walton Memo to writers, reporters, critics, pundits,
"Lakers Live" and Laker fans the world over: Please...
spare us the endless talk and the annoying daily handwringing over the Lakers’ lack of defense or their failure to be aggressive. Don’t just ...
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The hard fact is: The LA Lakers are soft | The Fabulous ...
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The Fundamentals
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... Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: “The concept of the triangle offense is ball and player movement with a purpose, to pass the basketball to the first open man, to cut hard. ‘The ball stops, often times when the ball is in Kobe’s hand,’ Winter said about Kobe Bryant. ‘That’s fine, as long as it’s an isolation situation that he can take advantage of. But the other players have to play without that basketball and stay spaced and make themselves available.’ Winter has liked what Pau Gasol has provided the Lakers. Gasol’s move from ...
Tex Winter wants to see a better triangle
The Lakers Nation —
... L.A. Times: When told of Lakers Coach Phil Jackson’s recent comments about his beloved triangle offense, Tex Winter smiled, laughed and then acknowledged that there was some truth in the statement. ...
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Bryant Leads Lakers to Another Win —
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Kobe Bryant had 26 points and five assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves 98-86 on Sunday night.
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The Other Side: Indiana Pacers —
Wizards Insider 12/15/2008
We aren't that bad. We beat the Lakers and the Celtics. Those wins should count double. (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) The Indiana Pacers made some serious moves in the offseason to move beyond the most difficult run of off-court (and in ...
