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SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 4/21/2008 on www.ocregister.com [flag]
Gasol stars in Lakers' 128-114 Game 1 victory over Nuggets >LOS ANGELES -- The story of the season has been getting Kobe Bryant some help, and Pau Gasol went out and penned one spellbinding chapter Sunday in the Lakers' playoff opener. With this skinny, shaggy-headed Spaniard fully believable in the role of Bryant co-star Shaquille O'Neal, the Lakers began what they hope is their latest era of ... [link]

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Lakers Fans Brew Up Special Chant For Carmelo
Published 4/21/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... While Gasol was having a gas, Carmelo Anthony wasn’t having as good of a time. As the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER reveals, some Staples Center spectators reminded #15 of his recent adventures behind the wheel: Lakers fans started a “D-U-I” chant with Anthony at the foul line, leaving Lakers executive vice president Jeanie Buss wide-eyed with her hand covering her mouth. Well, now, that wasn’t very nice - seems ...

What's Spanish for "monkey shed from one's back?"
Published 4/21/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... , often posting up smaller Denverians now forced to guard him on the blocks. Throw in a fantastic display of team-wide ball movement and the Nugs spent much of the game on their heels.

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Outgunned: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets Playoff Preview

MrThell posted 4/20/2008 from www.emptythebench.com

A testament to just how strong the West has been this year, only seven games separate the eighth and first seeds and both are 50-win teams. This matchup isn’t the typical cakewalk you expect in the first round for a one seed, as the Kobe's Lakers will have to contend against a roster featuring superstars Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby. That’s a lot of star power.
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Crucifido's Corner: Lakers vs. Nuggets (Round 1 / Game 1 4/20/08)

BDG posted 4/21/2008 from www.clublakers.com

I have a love/hate relationship with the playoffs. I love that it’s the pathway to the Finals, that the best teams in the league are competing and that every game means something. But I hate the tension, the nervousness, and the worry over little problems maybe becoming big ones and leading to a key loss. When all is said and done though, when the Lakers play with the poise, professionalism ...
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Postcards From LA, Vol. 1: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs

MrThell posted 4/21/2008 from www.emptythebench.com

True, the Lakers were sloppy at times and didn’t impress with their defensive intensity, but at no point during today’s game - even when the Lakers trailed by as many as nine in the second quarter - did I ever feel like a Lakers victory was in doubt. I mean, when you get 16 points from Fluke Walton, you know things are going the Lakers way.
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Lakers Fans Treat Carmelo Anthony To "DUI" Chants

SbB posted 4/21/2008 from www.sportsbybrooks.com

Carmelo Anthony was treated to chants of "D-U-I" by the Lakers faithful during Sunday's Game 1. Well, that seems a bit extreme - much like Melo's intoxication levels when he was pulled over last week. Wonder if Nuggets fans will retaliate by chanting at Kobe during Game 3. Something about his sexcapades in Vail, perhaps?
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SHELBURNE: Diesel fuel, or Gasol? - LA Daily News

ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/21/2008 on www.dailynews.com

It feels blasphemous to even think it, much less say it aloud, but these Lakers - Kobe's and Pau's Lakers, that is - just might end up being better than Kobe and Shaq's dysfunctional, but brilliant bunches of the early 2000s. It's still very, very ...
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