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New-look Heat falls to Bryant, Lakers - 02/11/2008
New-look Heat falls to Bryant, Lakers - 02/11/2008
LAKERS 104, HEAT 94 New-look Heat falls to Bryant, Lakers Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks made solid debuts, but turnovers and defensive lapses led to the Heat's 22nd loss in its past 23 games. BY MICHAEL WALLACE mwallace@MiamiHerald.com New era. Same errors. Newly acquired forward Shawn Marion played to expectations in his do-it-all debut with the Heat. Unfortunately, the Heat played to ...
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Dime Magazine (www.dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers — ... . “Even when you don’t think he’s here, he’s here,” Glen Davis said. “You’re going to hear his voice. You know he’s watching.” * Pat Riley and Dwyane Wade aren’t quite on the same page when it comes to turning the ball over . Wade says he “doesn’t worry about it,” and continues that “turnovers are the least of my worries, I tell you that. I have the ball a lot. If I have the ball 50 times and I turn it over nine, that’s good odds to me. I’m trying to make plays.” But Riley suggests otherwise: ‘’Nine is a lot — he’s got to take responsibility for that,” said the Heat ...

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Lakers Blog — ... . The game could have been put on cruise control late, had the Lakers been able to maintain the 17 point Q4 lead they'd built, but unfortunately they let it get away. The Heat crawled back to within four, but then the Lakers shut the door, getting a critical hoop from Gasol and forcing a late D-Wade TO. With the happy ending intact, time could be spent talking about the ...

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