New-look Lakers in sync from the start
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Bryant lets the game come to him and team rings in its new era in perfect pitch, for at least one night. Did someone have the audacity to suggest the Lakers might miss a beat?
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The Los Angeles Lakers began official training for the 2006-07 season on Tuesday without the full impact of two familiar faces in head coach Phil Jackson and top player Kobe Bryant.
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The Los Angeles Lakers launch their  NBA campaign by hosting the Houston Rockets on Tuesday with All  Star guard Kobe Bryant expected to start despite struggling  with a pre-season wrist injury.
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Pau Gasol is a winner in his Lakers debut without much help from Kobe Bryant, scoring 24 points along with 12 rebounds as the Lakers beat the Nets, 105-90, on Tuesday.
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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles  Lakers personally outscored the Washington Wizards in a  breakout first quarter to lead his team to a 103-91 road win on  Sunday.
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Lamar Odom poured in 21 points and Kobe Bryant chipped in with 19 to power the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-93 win over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday.
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Lamar Odom posted 24 points and Caron Butler added 21 points and 11 rebounds to power the host Los Angeles Lakers past the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-94 Thursday.
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Shaquille O'Neal is going to stick with his new look for a while.
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Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant, center, joined Shaquille O&#39;Neal and rest of his teammates on the bench during the start of the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks in this Oct. 28, 2003 photo, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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The Los Angeles Lakers began  official training for the 2006-07 season on Tuesday without the  full impact of two familiar faces in head coach Phil Jackson  and top player Kobe Bryant.
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Lamar Odom poured in 21 points and  Kobe Bryant chipped in with 19 to power the Los Angeles Lakers  to a 99-93 win over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday.
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Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' star guard, got everything he wanted. Isn't that what everyone said last summer?
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In a rematch of the NBA Finals, the result was the same -- a thorough thrashing of the Los Angeles Lakers by the Detroit Pistons.
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Lamar Odom scored 21 points, Kobe Bryant added 19 points and a season-high 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Jersey Nets 99-93 on Sunday night. Kwame Brown had 13 points and nine rebounds and Smush Parker also scored 13 for the Lakers, winners of five of their last six games.
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Derek Fisher scored 26 points and Kobe Bryant added 25 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 117-101 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.
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Kobe Bryant scored the Lakers' first 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 42, carrying Los Angeles to a 99-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.
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The Memphis Grizzlies took their lumps against the Lakers in Los Angeles when Shaquille O&#39;Neal was around. Now it&#39;s just Kobe Bryant by himself, and the difference was dramatic.