ocregister.com - 12/11/2008
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Ding column: Opponents have figured out how to beat them.
sports.yahoo.com - 12/11/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
Denver 116, Minnesota 105 Carmelo Anthony was scintillating
last night, he tied an NBA record with 33...
third quarter points, and I'm almost nonplussed about it. I'm not "almost" nonplussed, I am nonplussed. As in, it makes complete ...
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Behind the box score, where Melo went off
twolvesblog.com - 12/13/2008
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twolvesblog.com —
Behind the scenes info from Laker insider, Mike
Trudell. He answers questions about who Kobe hangs out...
with, Laker pre-game rituals, and other locker room info.
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Live From L.A. With Mike Trudell
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/12/2008
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
Luke Walton Memo to writers, reporters, critics, pundits,
"Lakers Live" and Laker fans the world over: Please...
spare us the endless talk and the annoying daily handwringing over the Lakers’ lack of defense or their failure to be aggressive. Don’t just ...
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The hard fact is: The LA Lakers are soft | The Fabulous ...
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The Lakers have been exposed
The Lakers Nation —
... O.C. Register: The way to play the Lakers has been unveiled, and it has left the Lakers with largely the same not-so-hot defense that failed them at the end of last season. ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register: “Bynum said he’d much rather be chasing little point guards around while trying to show on pick-and-rolls than always be left out there against a team that is lifting both big men that far away from the basket. This whole thing is Rasheed Wallace’s fault, really. He was the trend-setter back on Nov. 14, standing out there next to Allen Iverson, getting passes off simple picks and lobbing in 3-pointers over a reluctant-to-close-out Gasol. No team had reached 100 points against the Lakers in their 7-0 start. With Wallace’s ...
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NBA's Big Three By End of 2008-A Look —
Bleacher Report - NBA 12/11/2008
Okay! Let's see how the rest of 2008 breaks down in terms of winning games.
We'll start the breakdown with the top three teams in the league:
Cleveland has nine more games left this year.
The Cavaliers will be playing both the ...
