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Lakers win the Pacific > LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant seemingly flew from the sky. Chris Paul sighed. And the Western Conference playoff race is very much alive. The most anticipated matchup of the NBA regular season started out as a rout, then lived up to the hype before the Lakers held on for a 107-104 victory against New Orleans in an electric atmosphere Friday night at Staples Center. The ... [link]

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Alien Awakening
Published 4/12/2008 by BigMck at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... The weird and wacky big man has TV experience with the Kings and WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs. Today’s Links: Globe - Bucks Stop with Rondo, Cassell | Hawks Control Fate | Herald - Cassell on Point | Celts Won’t Buck Trend | Video - Celtics Owners Could Cash In On Playoff Run | Celtics vs Hawks Preview | Lakers Win Pacific, Bynum Out Longer |     ...

Division owned
Published 4/12/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... By the time the fourth quarter elapsed, the contest had grown a little too close for comfort and as Phil Jackson pointed out, another two minutes and the outcome could have been reversed. But the game did conclude after the standard 48, which amounted to a Laker victory in the ...

Holding the Horses on Andy
Published 4/13/2008 at CelticsBlog - NBA Section
... discussed earlier in the week in this space? Gone. All of it. Gone. As reported by the OC Register's Curtis Zupke: The progress, or digress report from injured center Andrew Bynum did not sound good: I still have a little bit of pain but jumping, running, backpedaling and quick change of directions are still a problem, Bynum said when he talked to the media before the game Bynum was uncertain if the second round of the playoffs would be his ideal target date. I hope to be ready by then, he said. Nobody knows. A couple of weeks from now might be good. It might ...

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