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Los Angeles Lakers – The Torn Achilles Complication
Getting off the floor with a win didn’t seem like such a happy occasion for the Los Angeles Lakers, who might have gotten a step closer to securing a spot in the NBA playoffs, but along the way lost Kobe Bryant, who is probably going to be out for a very long time with a probable Achilles tendon tear. Forget about the rest of the season and the playoffs – at his age, this could be something that ends a career.
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Only Michael Jordan Can Beat What Kobe Bryant is Doing This Season
You don’t have to like Kobe Bryant as a person or as a player to appreciate his incredible 2012-2013 NBA season, which is extremely special considering it’s his 17th NBA season, while playing more than all but four other players around the league. Only Michael Jordan has done this well, not to mention better, at the age of 34 while still playing so much every night.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Finishes What Pau Gasol Started
For about three quarters, the Los Angeles Lakers looked to Pau Gasol to keep them in the game and in the playoff picture. Once the fourth quarter began, so did Kobe Bryant, who saved his best for last, hopefully serving as some sort of metaphor for a season that might end up not being as disappointing as it looked to be heading towards earlier in the year.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant & Pau Gasol Don’t Make a Difference
If anyone thought that Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol coming back to give the Los Angeles Lakers their “dream team” look once again, joining Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Metta World Peace, think again. The road to the playoffs which seemed to be suddenly turning right for them took another bad turn with a surprising home loss no one accounted for, making things for the big finish a lot more complicated
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Los Angeles Lakers – Enjoying the Life Without a Leader
No one will ever dare say out loud that the Los Angeles Lakers are a better team without Kobe Bryant, but at least they can without him, or even Dwight Howard having some impressive day in the paint. Despite playing with only 7 players, they had no problem getting another win that brings them closer to the postseason, maybe even as something more than the 8th seed.
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Los Angeles Lakers – A Lesson in Who is Really Important
If Kobe Bryant couldn’t have played any worse and the Los Angeles Lakers, led in scoring by Dwight Howard once again, still came up with the win, what does that mean about who should be the focus of this offense? Not sure, but it does raise a few questions about the hierarchy on this team’s offense.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Steve Nash Giving Up on Dwight Howard
It’s one thing for Kobe Bryant to throw a teammate under the bus; that’s happened before. But for Steve Nash to go out of his way and make an example (once again) of Dwight Howard for the reason things aren’t going well for the Los Angeles Lakers? Things are bad.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Easy Teams Make For Deceiving Wins
A fractured team, the Los Angeles Lakers are. Kobe Bryant doesn’t respect Dwight Howard, and drags the rest of the team with him. Howard is playing injured, but isn’t happy about the whole situation. And still, easy road games make for results that might a be a bit confusing and misleading.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Suddenly the Road Isn’t so Bad
Not having Dwight Howard to start the game; not having Pau Gasol to finish it; Kobe Bryant back to his old shooting numbers as a result. Despite all of that, the Los Angeles Lakers have now won three consecutive games on the road and six of their last seven.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Pau Gasol Hates the Bench
How will Pau Gasol remember the 2012-2013 NBA season? Unless something remarkable happens, he’s not going to look back at it fondly. Posting the lowest numbers of his career while the Los Angeles Lakers are out of the playoff picture at the moment, and Mike D’Antoni deciding to make him a bench player.