Notebook: Butler helps serve LA win
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After three ordinary performances, Caron Butler showed the Los Angeles Lakers and their fans what he can do. Butler shot 10 of 14 and scored 22
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Kobe Bryant scored 24 points, Caron Butler added 22, and the Los Angeles Lakers handed Atlanta its third straight lopsided loss, beating the winless Hawks 106-90 Sunday night.
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Mike Green scored a season-high 23 points, Pete Campbell added 20 and No. 13 Butler won its seventh straight, beating Youngstown State 71-58 on Wednesday night.
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Caron Butler scored 21 and Washington beat Boston 88-83 on Monday night for the Wizards' second victory over the Celtics in three days.
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LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant won the scoring battle, but Shaquille O&#39;Neal won the game - even if he was sitting on the bench. The Miami Heat came into Los Angeles and beat the Lakers, 104-102 in overtime.
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Pete Campbell made eight 3-pointers &#151; six in the first half &#151; and finished with 28 points, and No. 10 Butler showed off its outside touch by making a school record 20 3s in a 92-50 blowout of Cleveland State on Thursday night.
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Mike Green matched his career high with 24 points and added eight rebounds to help No. 16 Butler beat Valparaiso 73-65 on Saturday.
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Jaret Wright lasts just long enough to get wins. Wright won his third straight start, riding second-inning home runs by Robinson Cano and Johnny Damon in the New York Yankees' 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
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Caron Butler decided to take his game to the next level after the Wizards were eliminated from last year's playoffs, and now the five-year veteran is having a career year.
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Jered Weaver won for the fourth time in five decisions and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Mariners to complete open a five-game lead in the American League West.
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DaShaun Wood scored 30 points Saturday night, leading Wright State to a 77-65 victory over No. 10 Butler that ended the Bulldogs' winning streak at nine games.
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LOS ANGELES The Memphis Grizzlies outlasted the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday 92-to-82 in Los Angeles. Pau Gasol led the Grizzlies with 20 points and eight rebounds.
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Pete Campbell scores 28 points and No. 10 Butler makes a school record 20 threes in a 92-50 blowout of host Cleveland State on Thursday.
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A.J. Graves scored 17 points and No. 16 Butler made 14 of 15 free throws in the final 6:21, finally taking control and pulling away to a 78-66 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday night.
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Kobe Bryant scored 36 points and  recent acquisition Pau Gasol added 30 to lead the Los Angeles  Lakers to a 117-113 road victory over the Orlando Magic on  Friday.
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Matt Howard scores 19 points, and No. 16 Butler wins its sixth straight game, pulling away for a 66-55 victory over Loyola of Chicago Monday night.
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Lakers 95, Bucks 90: Brian Cook came off the bench to score a career-high 25 points, including five 3-point shots, and Kobe Bryant added 20 points despite being held without a field goal for three quarters to lead visiting Los Angeles past Milwaukee last