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All-Star Teams Missing the NBA Playoffs
The Los Angeles Lakers might be turning a corner, but it’s still hard to see them making the postseason in the stacked West, four games behind the 8th place. With two current All-Stars (Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard) and two MVP winners (Bryant and Steve Nash), they might be making history as one of the most star studded teams to miss the playoffs.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Avoiding Temptation
Kobe Bryant watched Kevin Durant attempt 26 shots; he saw Russell Westbrook take 22 shots. Still, the master of forgetting about your teammates and going on a solo mission to improve his scoring average did what’s best for the Los Angeles Lakers, not his own individual stat sheet, and came away with the team’s biggest win of the season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – The Change Kobe Bryant Needed to Make
Sometimes you think to yourself about why basketball players don’t make the obvious changes they needed to make a long time ago. Kobe Bryant forgot about his scoring numbers, and simply did what’s best for the Los Angeles Lakers, which includes feeding the ball down low to Dwight Howard.
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Los Angeles Lakers – The Losses Keep Coming
Things keep getting worse for the Los Angeles Lakers: Dwight Howard is injured again, Kobe Bryant isn’t even getting any respect from the referees anymore and the bottom line, the big picture, is the most depressing thing for Lakers fans. Yes, a fourth straight loss and eight games below .500, not to mention the playoffs looking very far away.
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The Sad Story of the Los Angeles Lakers on the Road
For the sixth straight time, the Lakers lost on the road. Old, slow, out-coached outplayed, call it whatever you like. The next to torture the bunch that is Kobe Bryant and other superstars like Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash were the Chicago Bulls, who aren’t that even good at home on most nights.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant & Dwight Howard Suddenly Smiling
Suddenly, everything is fine. Dwight Howard is all smiles, Kobe Bryant is defending with passion and the Los Angeles Lakers have won consecutive games.
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Kevin Durant On His Way into the 50-40-90 Club
Is Kevin Durant going to make it this season into the MVP club? Maybe, but there’s another club the Oklahoma City Thunder star might be joining: The 50-40-90 one.
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Los Angeles Lakers – First Sign of a Happy 2013
Without Dwight Howard in the lineup in the previous six games, the Los Angeles Lakers conceded 116.3 points per game, while Kobe Bryant struggled, averaging only 25 points per game and making just 37.6% of his shots. Then again, maybe it has to do with them playing the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Destroying the Saddest Joke in the NBA
Another day goes by, another big man goes down to injury, another loss is added to the streak. The Oklahoma City Thunder and especially Kevin Durant showed what they think of the current Lakers.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Still Haven’t Hit Rock Bottom
When will the low point of the season be for the Los Angeles Lakers? Now that both Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol are injured, maybe we’ll find out.