oregonlive.com - 2/27/2008
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LOS ANGELES -- In successive games this week, the Trail Blazers have been good enough to lead the Boston Celtics by 17 points and the Los Angeles Lakers by 15 points. And in successive games, the Blazers have been unstable enough to lose both contests against the leaders of the Eastern and Western conferences. The problem in Tuesday's 96-83 loss to the West-leading Lakers was an ineffective ...
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Game reaction: Lakers 96, Blazers 83
Blazers Blog —
... in the league. It was a bit of a shock to see the Blazers play as well as they did, and hold the lead as long as they did against the conference's top team, without All-Star Brandon Roy. The most glaring deficiency without Roy, the Blazers only totaled 5 assists last night. Kobe Bryant had 7 on his own. Jason Quick, 'We have work to do': It was a frustrating loss for the Blazers, who led 27-12 late in the first quarter and 69-67 in the fourth quarter. Even without do-it-all star Brandon Roy -- at home with a sprained right ankle -- and with only 11 available players, the ...
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Portland Trail Blazers —
Hey gang - sorry for the inactivity round these parts this week. Had a lengthy road trip for work to the northeast, and was experiencing first hand why writers in the east were so able to ignore the first 10 games of the Blazers 13-game win streak earlier this season - I was hitting the sack as the Blazers were tipping off all week. It was brutal. My goal with posting here was to put something up on every game though, so here is my shot at catching up on a semi-busy week (I’m actually surprised this is the first time I’ve had to do this, but its been a better season than any of us expected).
The Blazers started the week 29-26, and ended the three game stretch ...
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NYT > Pro Basketball 2/27/2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Lakers held the Trail Blazers to 36 percent field goal shooting, beating Portland 96-83 Tuesday night for their ninth straight victory.
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