Results are in: They&#39;re not same old Lakers
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Jeffrey Osborne sang the national anthem before a Lakers home opener for the 22nd straight year, the sellout crowd cheered loudest in the pregame introductions for Kobe Bryant and the Lakers
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Pau Gasol was a winner in his Lakers debut, without even much help from Kobe Bryant.
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Phil Jackson wasn't particularly concerned with his personal losing streak. He was far more frustrated by the way the Lakers are playing.
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The Los Angeles Lakers&#39; Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 42 points but it was not enough to defeat his adversary and former team-mate Shaquille O&#39;Neal, whose Miami Heat ran out 104-102 winners after overtime in one of the most eagerly anticipated regular
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Back when Tracy McGrady was an NBA prodigy, the scoring championships were nice. They looked good on the rÃ©sumÃ© or when shouted during All-Star Game introductions.
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This was no miracle, but you could not tell by the amount of elation surrounding the Dream Team&#39;s trip to the woodshed Sunday.
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ATHENS - So now it&#39;s official. Right there in black and white and bronze. Well, maybe not even bronze. But the facts of life are now stark and simple for US men&#39;s basketball in the Olympics.
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Kobe Bryant had 34 points and eight rebounds, Lamar Odom just missed a triple double, and the Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs, 106-99, last night in Los Angeles for their fifth win in six games.
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Consistency isn&#39;t sexy. It&#39;s not a quarterback throwing bombs, or backs bursting into the secondary, linebackers in their wake.
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The NBA enters unfamiliar territory in its first season after the breakup of the Los Angeles Lakers, unquestionably the league&#39;s marquee team for the past five years.
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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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Bryon Russell doesn&#39;t plan to read Phil Jackson&#39;s book on the Lakers&#39; tumultuous 2003-04 season. Russell doesn&#39;t need to; he saw it all himself, as part of the not-quite Team of the Century.
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SAN DIEGO - These clearly are not the San Diego Chargers of the recent gloomy past. They can pass. They can catch. They can play defense.
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LOS ANGELES: Unable to set aside their differences in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille OâNeal will now be facing new challenges with teams on either side of the continent.
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When the Phoenix Suns came busting out of the gate at full speed they reeled off four consecutive wins and were hailed as one of the NBA&#39;s surprise teams.
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Kobe Bryant scored 32 points and Sasha Vujacic scored all of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 113-92 victory over the Clippers on Sunday night.
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Sasha Vujacic scored 19 points, Lamar Odom added 17 points and 16 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Bulls, 103-91, last night in Chicago.