ocregister.com - 4/8/2008
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They have lost five in a row and 11 of 13 in the Blazers' building. But Bryant vows, 'We'll be ready.' > PORTLAND, Ore. -- Phil Jackson saw the questions coming a mile away, so he playfully nipped reporters in the bud Monday when they asked about the Lakers' woes at the Rose Garden. "Don't write about that," Jackson said. Jackson wasn't in the mood. A dreary, rainy afternoon matched the ...
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SportsBrief - April 8
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... : I’m going to go out on a limb here and say giving up four first inning runs and four homeruns overall is not very good, especially when facing Dan Haren. You know what else isn’t good? Esteban Loaiza, Dodger hitting with RISP, and Andruw Jones, whose current .115 average is making last year’s .222 performance look, to quote the immortal Larry David, prettty, pretty, pretty, pretty, good . T O D A Y . . . Lakers at Blazers (7:00 p.m. PST, KCAL HD) : The Rose Garden (6-18 there since it opened) is not the place the Lakers want to be ...
Game reaction: Blazers 112, Lakers 103
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... had only themselves to blame for a dispiriting 112-103 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, their sixth consecutive defeat at the Rose Garden. What's more, they squandered a chance to gain valuable ground in the Western Conference standings. Instead, the Lakers (53-25) remained stationed in third place. "They looked like they were the team that was preparing for the race in the West," Odom said. "We looked like the team that was preparing for a long vacation." Orange County Register, Portland's Rose Garden is a thorn in Lakers' side: The Lakers have won 12 of 14 against the ...
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