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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Stopped Shooting, Jeremy Lin & Nick Young Looked Great
It wasn’t Kobe Bryant dissing his teammates in practice that made the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 112-110. It was him stopping to shoot the ball or even touching it, while Nick Young had a huge game including the game winning shot while Jeremy Lin looked like a happy basketball player again.
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San Antonio Spurs – When the Best Meet the Worst
A crowd that’s used to a rivalry doesn’t feel bad or patient even with all of the injuries the Los Angeles Lakers have been through this year. The San Antonio Spurs jumped on the broken bunch right from the start, getting pretty much involved as the game ended with yet another humiliating result for the once proud franchise.
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NBA Playoffs – Lakers vs Spurs Game 1 Predictions
The Los Angeles Lakers are entering a postseason series without home court advantage and even weirder, without Kobe Bryant being available. It means Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol need to be superstarish and more in order to dominate against a San Antonio Spurs team that isn’t entering the playoffs in the best of forms, but are still huge favorites to advance into the next round.
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NBA Playoffs – Spurs vs Lakers Series Predictions
It’s rare to find the Los Angeles Lakers in a situation where they have nothing to lose. Making the playoffs seems like a huge victory on itself considering their situation not too long ago, and now especially with Kobe Bryant not available to play. The San Antonio Spurs, except for the last game of the season, have looked better all season, and enter with the home court advantage and being huge favorites to proceed.
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Manu Ginobili With the Best Assist of the NBA Season
Manu Ginobili, like the rest of the San Antonio Spurs, has been in excellent form of late. During their very impressive 121-97 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Ginobli was one of three Spurs players to score at least 20 points, impressing the most with a bullet of an assist to Matt Bonner.