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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team in the NBA.

 
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Pau Gasol made the most of his season debut, scoring 24 points and grabbing 13 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Chicago Bulls 108-93. Kobe Bryant added 21 points to pass Laker legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the club's career scoring list. Ron Artest added 15 points for the reigning NBA champs, who finally had their full starting lineup intact as they posted their ninth win in a dozen games to begin the season. Gasol missed the first 11 games of the year with a strained right hamstring. He shot nine-of-15 from the field as the Lakers won their second straight game. Bryant ... Read Full Story
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The Houston Rockets were one of those teams last NBA season that quietly flew under the radar. Having finished the regular season with a 53-29 overall record, the Rockets just missed the number two seed in the playoffs by a mere game. The Rockets went 53-29, which in the Western Conference is very good. The Rockets racked up wins by their defensive efforts holding teams under 95 points per game. The Rockets were 17th in scoring - which is why they couldn't beat the Lakers, not enough fire power. The Houston Rockets have a lot of unanswered questions they will have to address. Is ... Read Full Story
 
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The atmosphere at Staples Center on Thursday, Nov. 19, was different. There was a sense of completeness. Pau Gasol is back and the rest of the league better beware because the Los Angeles Lakers now have all their stars aligned and they are scary good with Gasol in the lineup. The All-Star forward-center, who missed all of training camp, the preseason and the first 11 games because of a strained hamstring, scored 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds in his season debut and powered the Lakers to a 108-93 blowout victory over the Chicago Bulls. Gasol didn’t miss a beat, starting ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol is set to make his long awaited return to the court Thursday when the defending NBA champions host the Chicago Bulls. Having missed the team's first 11 games because of a hamstring ailment, the seven-foot Spaniard trained Wednesday and declared himself fit for his first regular season game on the Lakers website (http://www.nba.com/lakers/) said. "I felt great today and don't see any reason I shouldn't be able to play (Thursday)," Gasol said. "I think the muscle is healed." After making it through a week of workouts pain-free, Gasol is likely to be slotted straight ... Read Full Story
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Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the 100th time in his career, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a rare three-game losing streak with a 106-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. Andrew Bynum had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, who took a 28-point lead before surviving Detroit's impressive fourth-quarter rally to avoid their first three-game skid in nearly two years, following back-to-back losses to Denver and Houston. Bryant didn't appear to be slowed by his strained groin while scoring 27 points in the middle two quarters before reaching 40 on a 3-pointer with 19 seconds left. With four ... Read Full Story
Ranking the Western Conference's top teams after some three weeks of inspection: 1. Lakers: They were noticeably out of sync, with Ron Artest struggling to fit into the triangle offense, until Pau Gasol (hamstring) made his season debut Thursday night. In an...  
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Until Thursday night, Pau Gasol had made more appearances this fall on "CSI: Miami" than in the Los Angeles Lakers' starting lineup. The Spanish 7-footer finally got back to his day job in a dynamic season debut that suggested just how good the defending NBA champions can be when they're whole.  
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[Thanks to Prevenge for today's game preview. -ed.] Or, as it is otherwise known, "The Return of Crazy Pills". You may have heard of the Los Angeles Lakers. They're a pretty good basketball team. Have one or two good players. Well, then they have Crazy Pills, or [as he is otherwise known] Ron Artest, the man who is changing his number to 37 because that's the number of weeks Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' was number 1. Apparently, the...  
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The Los Angeles Lakers try to continue their recent dominance of the Chicago Bulls tonight, when the two storied franchises get together at Staples Center. Los Angeles has won four straight and nine of the last 12 matchups with the Bulls, including ...  
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BusinessWorld OnlineCould Allen Iverson work on the Los Angeles Lakers?MLive.comHaters beware - Allen Iverson will return to the NBA this season and it will work, somewhere. Alright, I can't be so sure about the second part, ...Lakers and NBA news, plus a Tuesday morning referendum on Allen IversonLos Angeles TimesNBA PM: Gasol Says He Is ReadyHoopsWorldLos Angeles Lakers get early Christmas gift and other NBA newsNOLA.comLos Angeles Times...  
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Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 40 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists, as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Detroit Pistons, 106-93, at Staples Center. It was the 100th time in Bryant's career that he has scored 40-plus points ...  
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LOS ANGELES — Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, and Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Lakers' career scoring chart in Los Angeles' 108-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls last night.  
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the 100th time in his career, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a rare three-game losing streak with a 106-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.   Andrew Bynum had 17 points and 12...  
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DENVER(AP) Carmelo Anthony got the better of Ron Artest, scoring 25 points in 29 minutes and leading the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 105-79 Friday night. The Lakers' six-game winning streak was snapped. They scored just eight points in ...  
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The two part presentation remains intact. And in honor Pau Gasol's return, the sections will be titled in Spanish. We're bridging the gap like that. Part Uno -We discuss what the return of Pau Gasol means to the Lakers. Through eleven games, the Lakers have been mostly solid, occasionally fantastic, occasionally bad, but rarely resembling the one that took home an O'Brien last June. As we noticed last night, Pau's presence goes a long way...  
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