Lakers' Kobe Bryant is, as always, the difference maker
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Amid the buzz over Celtics-Lakers lore, the Lakers gathered for practice yesterday and gave the impression they expect the two games between the teams earlier this season to have little impact on the NBA Finals. (article 10)
The Lakers had Andrew Bynum then, and the developing young center scored 4 points in the first game and 8 in the second, doing little to slow Kevin Garnett. (article 10)
Lamar Odom suspected his team came out amped to knock out their opponents in a style more suitable for a diamond than the triangle. (article 4)
Let's get this straight once and for all, before anyone goes into the summer thinking that Tuesday's clock-mangling, late-wilting Lakers were also lucky. (article 11)
The blown call on the final play of the 93-91 Lakers victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals simply evened out the blown call of a few seconds earlier. (article 11)
SAN ANTONIO The media crowd pours into the cramped Lakers locker room, looking for the goat, braying for the bum, loaded for Lamar. (article 6)
In the end, when the unimaginable blinked on the scoreboard, when the unthinkable danced on the hardwood, the cheers even drowned out Randy Newman. (article 5)
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- Lakers have answers so far, but that's only the half of it (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 348 words)
- Derek Fisher has thrived in return to Lakers (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 819 words)
- Lakers keep L.A. footloose (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 376 words)
- Lakers Blog: Los Angeles Times (lakersblog.latimes.com, 06/02/2008, 320 words)
- Victory feels like series-clincher for Lakers (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 303 words)
- Lakers' Lamar Odom takes the blame for Game 3 loss (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 387 words)
- The last people in the world Lakers wanted to see (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 266 words)
- Lakers quickly finding the killer instinct of a champion (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 139 words)
- Complex Kobe in the middle of yet another metamorphosis (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/01/2008, 823 words)
- History is in the offing (boston.com, 06/02/2008, 703 words)
- Lakers' Kobe Bryant is, as always, the difference maker (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 460 words)
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