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| Resurgent Lakers attempt to capture fifth straight victory |
NBA Basketball |
01/15/2003 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers try for their fifth straight win when they travel to New Orleans for a clash with the Hornets. Los Angeles is starting to ascend back into contention in the competitive Pacific Division. The Lakers have won six of their last seven games and are rapidly approaching the .500 mark after getting off to a brutal start. In the their most recent triumph, a 106-81 victory over the Miami Heat, Kobe Bryant led the way with 36 points. Los Angeles took advantage of 2 |
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| Davis returns to practice |
NBA Basketball |
01/14/2003 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Hornets point guard Baron Davis returned to practice and is expected to play in Wednesday's game against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Davis has been out of action for the last six games with back spasms. He was forced to leave an 89-86 loss to the Indiana Pacers on December 31 because of a problem related to a herniated disk from the end of the 2001-02 campaign. The 23-year-old Davis has been hampered by back problems all season. He missed the first ga |
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| Heat attempt to snap six-game slide |
NBA Basketball |
01/14/2003 |
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| i, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat attempt to snap a six-game losing streak on Tuesday when they welcome the Detroit Pistons to AmericanAirlines Arena. The Heat are coming off a winless five-game road trip, which ended with a 106-81 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Caron Butler paced Miami with 23 points and also grabbed seven boards. Rasual Butler netted 16 points and Mike James added 14 for the Heat. Vladimir Stepania finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds for Miami, which shot just 41 percent fr |
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| O'Neal, Bryant and Marbury earn Player of the Week Honors |
NBA Basketball |
01/13/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Phoenix Suns guard Stephon Marbury earned NBA Player of the Week honors for the games played January 6-12. O'Neal garnered Eastern Conference Player of the Week after averaging 19.3 points and 9.3 rebounds while leading Indiana to four consecutive victories. The 6-11 forward had 17 points in the Pacers' 105-104 win at Philadelphia, including the game-winning basket with just 1.7 seconds left in overti |
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| Cavs take on Lakers, hot-shooting Kobe |
NBA Basketball |
01/10/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The rejuvenated Los Angeles Lakers go for their third straight win on Friday when they welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to Staples Center. LA won for the fourth time in five games on Tuesday by routing the Seattle SuperSonics, 119-98, as Kobe Bryant set an NBA record with 12 three-pointers and finished with 45 points. Bryant also set an NBA record by hitting nine in a row from behind the arc. He finished 12-of-18 from three-point territory and made 16-of-28 shots overall. Bryant |
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| Sonic Rumblings: Kobe rains threes on Seattle |
NBA Basketball |
01/08/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Seattle SuperSonics were hoping to take advantage of an uninspired Los Angeles Lakers team on Wednesday. Instead, they ran into the best shooting performance of Kobe Bryant's career. Bryant set a new NBA record by draining 12 three-pointers, propelling the Lakers to a 119-98 home win over Seattle. Bryant broke the previous record of 11 three-pointers, set by Dennis Scott of Orlando back on April 18, 1996, when the arc was closer to the basket. Bryant, who finished with 45 points, also drai |
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| Spurs aim to stay hot against Sonics |
NBA Basketball |
01/08/2003 |
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| head and I feel confident I can score too," said Parker. The young point guard was 11-of-13 from the foul line. The Spurs are 7-10 on the road and have a 14-8 mark within the Western Conference. Seattle dropped its second straight game 119-98 to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. It was the Sonics' sixth defeat in eight games. Desmond Mason scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the losing effort, while Gary Payton finished with 14 points and 12 assists. The Sonics were ultimately doomed by the red-h |
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| Kobe's record three-point shooting lifts Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
01/08/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Kobe Bryant set an NBA record with 12 three-pointers and finished with 45 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 119-98 victory over Seattle at the Staples Center. Bryant also set an NBA record by hitting nine in a row from behind the arc. He finished 12-of-18 from three-point territory and made 16-of-28 shots overall. Bryant, who had never made more than five three-pointers in a game, broke Dennis Scott's previous record of 11 treys with 6:58 left to play. The basket gave |
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| Hollywood Happenings: Sands of the hourglass running out for Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
01/07/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - As the calendar rapidly flips its way through January, the Los Angeles Lakers have to make a move. The Lakers have to put together strong months in both January and February if they are going to earn a chance to defend their title. Entering Tuesday's clash with the Seattle SuperSonics, the Lakers are trying to win for the fourth time in five games -- for the first time all season. The Lakers' struggles have been well documented. Los Angeles started the season without Shaquille O'Neal. O'Neal h |
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| Revived Lakers welcome Sonics |
NBA Basketball |
01/07/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers attempt to capture their fourth win in five games on Tuesday when they host the Seattle SuperSonics in a Pacific Division affair at Staples Center. Most recently, the Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns, 109-97, in LA Sunday to earn a split of their home-and-home series. Shaquille O'Neal scored 36 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Lakers. O'Neal was 15-of-19 from the floor and 6-of-13 from the free throw line. Kobe Bryant added 31 points and 12 rebo |
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