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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant Have Something to Smile About
The concept of the Kobe Bryant retirement tour while the Los Angeles Lakers tank away another season was embarrassing mostly due to Bryant’s own performances. But suddenly, maybe with conditioning finally kicking in and his legs no longer pulling him down, it looks like he’s not just having fun, but actually playing well.
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NBA Rumors: Los Angeles Clippers Maintain Big-Game Losing Tradition
It’s hard to fathom how a talented, experienced team like the Los Angeles Clippers keeps finding ways to lose games against their alleged title rivals time after time despite holding a fourth quarter lead, as the Oklahoma City Thunder join the list of teams which includes the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets that enjoyed a good, old fashioned Clippers choke job.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Considering Some Changes
Something is off with the Chicago Bulls this season. Maybe it’s Derrick Rose, who this team relies on so much despite everything, that’s simply not playing good enough basketball. Maybe it’s Fred Hoiberg not getting through to the pros after getting used to his status among college players. But maybe this is a team on the verge of something big, and all it needs is some sort of tweak.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving Can Now Finally Start Their Revenge Tour
Without Kyrie Irving (and “just” LeBron James and Kevin Love on the floor) the Cleveland Cavaliers were good or maybe very good, and good enough to lead the East. Now that Irving is back after more than six months of rehabbing from his knee injury, we can finally see if the Cavs are truly capable of competing with a historic looking Golden State Warriors.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Finally Unleash Bobby Portis
The Chicago Bulls were exhausted following a four-overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons, and were beaten into submission by the New York Knicks, although it would be wrong to pin their loss and the 15-10 record on fatigue alone.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers Live Up to Expectations
In a Saturday afternoon game, both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers played their part. The Lakers looked terrible, without Kobe Bryant playing, and the Thunder didn’t really need to work too hard in order to come away with the 118-78 victory.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Warming Up For Finals Revenge
As a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James has never lost to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their December 2015 meeting in the Sixth City kept the tradition intact.
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NBA Rumors: Chicago Bulls Liking the No-Mask Derrick Rose Thing
While it’s still early to tell if Derrick Rose is over his awful slump since the start of this season, his recent form and especially in his performance in the 98-85 win over the Memphis Grizzlies has to be a very encouraging sign for the Chicago Bulls.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers are Over Their Crisis
The Los Angeles Clippers have put their early season problems behind them and are putting together a nice run of wins, the most recent of them 103-90 over the Milwaukee Bucks.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Making it Look Easy Again
Because of the long time from their first loss of the season to their win against the Phoenix Suns, it seemed the Golden State Warriors were in some sort of crisis. Nothing could be further from the truth.