NBA &#39;04-&#39;05: Kobe expected to carry Lakers
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It&#39;s a good thing Kobe Bryant gained weight during the offseason, since it&#39;s his job to carry the Los Angeles Lakers. Phil Jackson was told in June he wouldn&#39;t return as coach.
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Kobe Bryant has not issued any new public statements about his desire to be traded from the Los Angeles Lakers. He has, however, enlisted several new voices to amplify his request.
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Dec 27, 2004 - Atlanta at Miami (7:30 pm EST). Miami beat the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime Saturday to push its winning streak to 11 games.
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Kobe Bryant came back and looked good. The Los Angeles Lakers haven't quite recovered. Bryant returned after missing 14 games with an ankle injury but couldn't reverse Los Angeles's slide as LeBron James scored 25 points -- 21 in the second half -- and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 30 to lead the Cavaliers to a 103-89 victory yesterday in Cleveland.
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Coach Phil Jackson agrees with Kobe Bryant &#151; the Los Angeles Lakers need help.
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A sprained ankle did not keep Kobe Bryant down for long. Showing no ill effects of the right ankle injury that forced him to sit out a victory over Atlanta on Friday night, Bryant returned with 34 points and eight rebounds on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 106-99 for their fifth win in six games.
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers begin a season-high six-game homestand tonight against the Washington Wizards at the Staples Center.
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(Sports Network) - Chucky Atkins scored a season-high 30 points and Kobe Bryant recorded 22 of his 29 points in the second half as the Los Angeles Lakers downed New Orleans, 101-89, at the Staples Center on Wednesday.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Kobe Bryant set a new season high with 48 points just three days after pouring in 42, as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Toronto Raptors, 117-99, at Staples Center.
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The part about peace on earth, good will toward men. . . . It won&#39;t really apply at today&#39;s two NBA games. Good tidings will not be what Shaquille O&#39;Neal brings when he faces Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles
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Kobe Bryant gave the Los Angeles Lakers the perfect finish to a promising day. Bryant scored 46 points to help the Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors, 121-101, last night, hours after acquiring Pau Gasol in a trade with Memphis.
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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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Timeline of the sexual assault case against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant:
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The headline-grabbing rivalry between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant is likely to dominate the opening weeks of the NBA season that begins on Tuesday.
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The Sporting News - Shaq goes to the Suns. Pau Gasol joins the Lakers. Chris Webber returns to the Warriors. Damon Stoudamire is sold on the Spurs. Just glance at the transactions and you can see the West is as wild as ever.  Then look at the standings and you can see this season is turning out to be wilder than ever. A mere five games separate the first-place Suns from the 10th-place Blazers. Wild and crazy, indeed.
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Playing in Colorado for the first time since sexual assault charges against him were dropped, Kobe Bryant was expected to have a big night. The Denver Nuggets never gave him much of a chance.
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Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers hope to put yet another controversy behind them as they begin a two-game road trip against the Seattle SuperSonics.