latimes.com - 12/5/2007
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Maybe the Lakers' issues aren't that bad.
They suited up only one center, their top player was battling stomach flu, and they had to walk to the game in blizzard conditions because their bus never arrived, but they still beat the hapless Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-95, Tuesday in an eerily empty Target Center.
Teams cruising through Minnesota this season will leave with a victory ...
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SportsBrief - December 5
SportsHubLA —
... : The Timberwolves are just terrible . Luckily, only 5,000 of their fans braved the snow to see their team get blown out by the the Lakers. It’s the post-KG era in Minnesota, ladies and gentlemen! The Lakeshow were able to dominate ...
Oh the weather outside was frightful
Lakers Blog —
... got a solid game from Chris Mihm, who contributed 11 points and seven boards in a season high 32:35 of play . Ariza logged 27 minutes of run, and rewarded PJ with 15 points (on 5-5 from the floor), five boards, a block, and the aforementioned steals . Kobe shook off his version of the stomach flu to drop 20 on the Wolves. All in all, it was a good night for the Lakers to be in Minnesota, because with Denver on the docket tonight (6 pm, ESPN), an easy run against a craptastic team was exactly what they needed.
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NBA.com: News 12/5/2007
Kobe Bryant scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half to help Los Angeles jump out to a big lead, and the Lakers cruised the rest of the way to a 116-95 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
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NYT > Pro Basketball 12/5/2007
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Even with a bout of the stomach flu, Kobe Bryant was too much for the NBA's worst team. Bryant scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half to help Los Angeles jump out to a big lead, and the Lakers cruised the rest of the way to a ...
