ocregister.com - 4/29/2008
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Lakers advance in playoffs for first time in four years > DENVER Derek Fisher looks back on the last Lakers team to have any playoff success and still doesn't like what he sees in 2004: "We still just didn't play as a team enough that year to win a championship, even though we made it to the (NBA) Finals." With big efforts from Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton and Fisher the only Lakers who were ...
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SportsBrief - April 28
SportsHubLA —
... . Kobe (31 points, 7 boards, 6 assists) & Gasol (21 points, 7 boards, 4 blocks) were dominant . Their inspired play was in direct contrast to a disinterested Melo, an angry Iverson, and a borderline insane J.R. Smith. It’s disappointing that basketball fans were cheated out of a riveting Lakers vs. Warriors matchup, because this series was about as compelling as an Ashton Kutcher movie. It appears a deep, big, athletic Utah team is on the horizon for the Lake Show, who don’t appear to be getting their own big athletic center (Bynum, duh) back anytime soon. ...
The waiting is the hardest part
Lakers Blog —
... , with the Rockets down 3-1. In the meantime (which might not be that long, if Utah closes things out) the Lakers can bask in the glow of their first playoff series win in four seasons . The fork-sticking win didn't come easy, unlike the first three, because Denver ...
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Lakers Complete Sweep of Nuggets —
Wash Post NBA 4/29/2008
Kobe Bryant scores 14 of his 31 points over the final 5 1/2 minutes Monday night, leading the Lakers to a 107-101 victory over the Nuggets and a sweep of their first-round series.
