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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

With the initial disappointment of the loss of Kobe Bryant behind them, the Lakers must continue their winning ways in tonight’s season finale versus the Houston Rockets. It may seem crazy to see the phrase “winning


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New Orleans Hornets v Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers realize the task that is before them. While some people think the team’s solemn responses to post-game questions (following the loss to the Clippers) were a sign of being deflated or lacking


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Earlier this season, I wrote what some would consider to be a ‘scathing’ article about Shaquille O’Neal’s seemingly personal issues with newly-acquired superstar big man, Dwight Howard. As I stated in the previous article, honest assessments


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Put simply, you cannot continue losing games to teams below the .500 mark. Following an encouraging stretch of games where they actually played some semblance of the type of entertaining basketball many of us expected, the


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NBA: Playoffs-Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers

It’s almost fitting that, at 34-years-old, Kobe Bryant sits just 34 points beneath a fellow scoring ‘giant’. Whether it takes place on the second night of a back-t0-back vs. the Milwaukee Bucks or Saturday night vs.


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After ‘hitting a wall’ on Monday in Phoenix, the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to not only return to their (recent) winning ways, but also look forward to the reported returns of both Pau Gasol and


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Just as with the discussion with former Laker Josh Powell, we were fortunate to land an exclusive interview with Dwight Howard for this week’s Triple Threat Podcast. My co-host (Jamieson Welsh), and guest-host (Jory Dreher) were


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NCAA Basketball: Division I Championship-Michigan State vs North Carolina

In the spirit of the upcoming March Madness frenzy, I decided to take a look back at some of the all-time greatest NCAA Tournament players and performances from future (now former) Lakers. As one might expect


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NBA: Orlando Magic at Los Angeles Lakers

Judging by the frenzied Twitter response to Wednesday night’s disappointing 96-92 defeat by a short-handed Atlanta Hawks, I wasn’t the only member of Lakers Nation concerned over the Lakers’ playoff hopes when Kobe Bryant hit the


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NBA: Atlanta Hawks at Los Angeles Lakers

Kobe Bryant asked Dwight Howard to return to Orlando, a place he called home (both personally and professionally) for eight years, and remind them of what they were now missing out on. I’d say responding to


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