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| Lakers' Bynum ready to return |
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04/08/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum appears ready to return to action, possibly as soon as Thursday's game against Denver, after missing more than two months with a medial collateral ligament tear in his right knee. "I feel like I'm ready. I think tomorrow's possible," Bynum said on Wednesday at practice. "I want to get out there and get as much game experience as I can. I feel good. I think I'm ready to play tomorrow." It was January 31st when Bynum had to be helped off the |
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| Cavs host lowly Wizards |
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04/08/2009 |
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| as they close out a short two-game homestand tonight versus the Washington Wizards at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavs are four games ahead of the Boston Celtics atop the Eastern Conference standings and own the best record in the league at 62-15. The Los Angeles Lakers, however, are right behind with a 62-16 ledger. The Cavs will clinch the best record in East with a win tonight coupled with a Boston loss against the New Jersey Nets. Cleveland put a two-game slide to rest Sunday with a 101-81 triumph versus San An |
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| Spurs host Blazers in key Western Conference matchup |
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04/08/2009 |
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| finishing with 13 points. Ginobili is out for the year with a stress fracture in his right fibula. San Antonio became just the third team in NBA history to record 50 or more wins in 10 straight seasons. Boston, who had two separate streaks, and the Los Angeles Lakers are the only other franchises to record such a run. San Antonio, which is 1 1/2 games behind Denver for the second seed in the Western Conference, will also host Utah on the residency and is 26-12 in the Alamo City this season. Portland is still wit |
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| Gasol helps Lakers overwhelm Kings |
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04/08/2009 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - Pau Gasol posted 26 points and 12 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant added 22 points, as the Los Angeles Lakers inched closer to owning the best record in the NBA with a 122-104 drubbing of the lowly Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena. Lamar Odom ended with 15 points and 11 boards for the Lakers, who have won four in a row. Trevor Ariza finished with 14 points for Los Angeles, which has already clinched the No. 1 seed in the West. Sasha Vujacic and Luke Walton tallied 12 and 11 points, respe |
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| Spurs hit 50-win mark for 10th straight season |
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04/07/2009 |
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| ateau for the 10th consecutive season with a 99-89 victory over Oklahoma City at Ford Center. The Spurs (50-27) became just the third team in NBA history to record 50 or more wins in 10 straight seasons. Boston, who had two separate streaks, and the Los Angeles Lakers are the only other franchises to record such a streak. Tony Parker added 21 points, 10 assists, and five steals for the Spurs, who finished a three-game road trip with a 2-1 mark. Drew Gooden ended with 20 points off the bench for the victors. Roger |
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| Kobe leads Lakers into Sacramento |
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04/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers take their quest for the NBA's best record to California's capital Tuesday when they face the lowly Kings at ARCO Arena. The Lakers won their third straight game on Sunday when Lamar Odom recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds and Kobe Bryant added 18 points of his own, as the Phil Jackson's club held on to defeat the Clippers, 88-85, their eighth straight win over their Staples Center co-tenant. Pau Gasol chipped in 14 points and nine boards in the third straight win for th |
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| Knicks sign G Crawford for rest of season |
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04/06/2009 |
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| ork) - The New York Knicks signed guard Joe Crawford for the remainder of the season on Monday. Crawford, who agreed to a 10-day contract with the Knicks on March 27, has not appeared in a game for New York. He was a second-round pick in the 2008 draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He played with the Lakers during the 2008 preseason before being waived on October 22. He then signed with the NBA Development League's Los Angeles D-Fenders and averaged 20.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 43 games. |
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| Cavs halt brief skid with home rout of Spurs |
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04/05/2009 |
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| ood sign." Zydrunas Ilgauskas chipped in with a game-high 10 boards to go along with eight points for Cleveland, which is now four games ahead of idle Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. The Cavs also moved 1 1/2 games in front of the Los Angeles Lakers for the best record in the NBA. The Lakers host the Clippers on Sunday. Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao missed the contest with a right wrist injury and was replaced in the starting lineup by Darnell Jackson, who had four points and five rebounds |
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| Lakers play host to Clippers at Staples Center |
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04/05/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers play host to their Staples Center co-tenants, the Los Angeles Clippers, on Sunday. The Lakers have long since wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference but are now chasing the Cleveland Cavaliers for the NBA's best record. Kobe Bryant scored 20 points, including eight in the fourth quarter on Friday, as the Lakers moved closer to the NBA's top spot with a 93-81 victory over the Houston Rockets at Staples Center. Bryant went 7-of-11 from the field, including a 4 |
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| Lakers down Rockets, inch closer to best record in NBA |
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04/04/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Kobe Bryant scored 20 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, as the Los Angeles Lakers moved closer to the NBA's top spot with a 93-81 victory over the Houston Rockets at Staples Center. Bryant went 7-of-11 from the field, including a 4-for-6 mark from three-point range, for the Lakers, who returned home after a seven-game road trip that saw the team go 5-2. Pau Gasol added 23 points, 10 rebounds and three steals, while Derek Fisher had 15 points in the victory. "That w |
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