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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
Liberty With Kobe Bryant having just told the faithful who were alarmed at the team's 0-2 start to shut up; let us work, the Lakers made it 0-3, falling to the no-longer-bedraggled Clippers , 105-95, on Friday and making a believer of Bryant...We're...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
01pm Shake your head, close your eyes, and bite your lips...I really do. Jack Nicholson smiles from his courtside throne, yet you know he's having a purple and gold hemorrhage inside. You're experiencing the same symptoms: nausea, disbelief, and...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Caron Butler's 3-pointer to end the first half Friday gave the Los Angeles Clippers momentum that carried them to a 105-95 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers have lost all three of their regular season games after going 0-8 in the exhibition...
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NBA
| 7 months ago
Center, dropping the Lakers to 0-3 for the first time since 1978. The Lakers played without eight-time All-Star point guard Steve Nash , who sat out with an inflamed lower leg...The Lakers managed just 15 assists on 34 field goals and committed 20...
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The Orange County Register
| 7 months ago
20 pm · It's a good thing Lakers fans got to enjoy such a fun offseason. The Lakers have gone five months and 16 days without winning a game. The Lakers, who lost all eight exhibition games, lost their third consecutive game to start this much-...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Dwight Howard was traded to the Lakers on Aug. 10 in a four-team deal. The 2012-2013 Los Angeles Lakers season wasn't supposed to start like this. After trading for Dwight Howard and Steve Nash in the offseason, L.A. was considered to be the best...
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ESPN
| 7 months ago
Center Chris Kaman hopes to make his Dallas Mavericks debut Saturday night after fully participating in a practice for the first time since he strained his right calf Oct. 17. "I'm hoping to play. I'm wanting to play," Kaman said. "At the same time,...
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Daily Breeze
| 7 months ago
Patience has its limits, like the offense Posted: 11/01/2012 10:25:43 PM PDT Updated: 11/01/2012 10:44:08 PM PDT Kobe Bryant's right foot was too sore to practice Thursday...And once he opened it after the Lakers' early afternoon workout, pretty...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 7 months ago
In search of another big man and an outside scoring threat while Dirk Nowitzki is on the mend, the Dallas Mavericks reached a verbal agreement Thursday with forward Troy Murphy. The deal can't be finalized until the Mavs waive or trade at least one...
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Sun Sentinel
| 7 months ago
If you leave me open and treat me like I'm third, then I will have a good night,' said Bosh, the Heat's 6-foot-11 center. "And I'll become a No...Bosh gives the Heat a key element something crucial to be considered an elite team in the NBA these days.
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ESPN
| 7 months ago
Veteran power forward Troy Murphy is close to signing a one-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks , a source confirmed. It is not clear how the Mavericks will create an opening on their roster, which currently has the NBA maximum of 15 players. The 6-...
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Japan Times
| 7 months ago
Oregon This was not the start the Los Angeles Lakers envisioned. The talent-laden Lakers have dropped two straight to open the season their opener at home against the Dallas Mavericks followed by a 116-106 thumping by the Portland Trail Blazers on...
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Daily News
| 7 months ago
Questions/Answers Questions and answers on Daily News stories from readers like you. Surveying the NBA landscape, Michael Cooper provided a bold prediction. "The Lakers are about to win the championship four years in a row," Cooper said in a phone...
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Daily Breeze
| 7 months ago
Lakers stumble into 0-2 hole to start season Howard has 33 points, 14 rebounds and Bryant scores 30 as team looks more comfortable in offensive sets...The Lakers traveled nearly 1,000 miles north, eager to escape the demons that haunted them back...
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NBA
| 7 months ago
Nicolas Batum scored 26 points and got plenty of help from his teammates as Portland bounced Los Angeles in the Trail Blazers' season opener Wednesday night at the Rose Garden. It was the second loss in as many nights for the Lakers, who fell 99-91...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
The Lakers' troubles were compounded by the loss of guard Steve Nash to a bruised left leg late in the first half. Nash, acquired by the Lakers this summer, collided with Lillard and limped to the locker room. Although the team initially reported he...
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The Orange County Register
| 7 months ago
22 pm · Lakers coach Mike Brown planned to have the defense, his career-long forte, ready to steady everything early this season while a new offense was installed...The Lakers dropped to 0-2 in the much-anticipated Dwight Howard era dominated by the...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
The Portland Trail Blazers defended their home court on opening night, handing the Lakers their second loss of the season in as many outings, 116-106, Wednesday (Thursday, PHL time) at the Rose Garden. After acquiring Steve Nash and Dwight Howard...
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ESPN
| 7 months ago
Try as he might, Dwight Howard just can't seem to shake the Shaquille O'Neal connections. After Howard shot a feeble 3 of 14 from the free-throw line in the Los Angeles Lakers' 99-91 season-opening loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, at least...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 7 months ago
Mo Williams and Marvin Williams each scored 21 points to lead the Jazz to a 113-94 victory Wednesday night over the Dallas Mavericks...Al Jefferson also had a double-double with 14 rebounds and 12 points. The score was tied at 70 before Mo Williams...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
The Los Angeles Lakers had very little time to lick their wounds after stunningly losing their regular-season opener to the Dallas Mavericks but, almost to a man, they said that time was their most precious commodity. Less than 24 hours after being...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Mike Brown is 41-26 as the Lakers head coach. The 2012-2013 NBA season is just one day old, but some fans of the Los Angeles Lakers are already starting to panic...After failing to make it past the second round of the playoffs for two straight years,...
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Newton Daily News
| 7 months ago
LeBron James had 26 points and 10 rebounds despite missing much of the second half with leg cramps, Dwyane Wade scored 29 points and theNBAchampion Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 120-107 on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams. Ray...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Mike Brown is 41-26 as the Lakers head coach. The 2012-2013 NBA season is just one day old, and the talks about firing Mike Brown have already started. The Los Angeles Lakers lost their home opener on Tuesday, and the head coach has been receiving...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
When the Lakers locker room opened, only one player was in the room. While his teammates showered, Kobe Bryant sat with a towel around his neck, speaking in a dejected tone about his team's disappointing performance. The Lakers, who were 0-8 in...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
The Steve Nash Era started with a roar, the decibel level inside Staples Center reaching earsplitting proportions when the point guard was introduced before his first game as a Laker...Nash and the new Lakers offense weren't exactly a revelation...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 7 months ago
Dwight Howard missed a two-handed dunk on his first shot, and the night never got much better for the Los Angeles Lakers. When Howard and Steve Nash took their places alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol under the Hollywood spotlight, the Lakers...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Foreheads all over Lakerland plunged into tabletops when Mike Brown gave his ETA on when his club would attain championship form. "It'll probably be around Christmas, maybe the first of the year, before we're really going to be clicking," Brown said.
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FanIQ
| 7 months ago
The sports 'news' channel that every single sports fan, whether moderate or avid, in the continental United States. Once upon a time, they did just that; report the sports news. Now they are entirely hollywood, sparking controversy with their...
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The Age
| 7 months ago
Getty Images LeBron James received his long-awaited NBA championship ring on Tuesday, then he and the Miami Heat launched their bid for another with a season-opening 120-107 victory over the Boston Celtics. While the Heat were busy signalling their...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 7 months ago
Despite nine new players and with starters Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman sidelined with injuries, the Dallas Mavericks were totally undaunted, forging a rousing 99-91 triumph over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in the season opener. The...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
The team supposedly sprinting for the NBA Finals began its season wading through a nightmare Tuesday in a 99-91 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. We all knew that the integrating of the new players and system would be a process. But who knew that process...
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Daily News
| 7 months ago
Questions and answers on Daily News stories from readers like you...You didn't seriously think the biggest star in L.A. was going to miss the unveiling of a brand new season and the debuts of Hollywood's two newest leading men, Dwight Howard and...
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Daily News
| 7 months ago
10/30/2012 11:46:57 PM PDT That 0-8 preseason nobody seemed to be worried about just became an 0-1 regular season. Meanwhile, the virtual All-Star team the Lakers put together this offseason just got run off the floor at Staples Center by a Dallas...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
The heavily anticipated new era of Los Angeles Lakers basketball began with a whimper on Tuesday as their much vaunted team bristling with All-Stars were beaten 99-91 by an under-strength Dallas Mavericks. Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant had given...
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NBA
| 7 months ago
With their best player, Dirk Nowitzki , sidelined for at least another month following knee surgery and another key starter, center Chris Kaman , out with a pulled calf muscle, the Mavericks weren't expected to put up a fight Tuesday night against...
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Laist
| 7 months ago
The results throughout the 0-8 preseason looked rather lackluster and continued into the regular season opener as the Lakers fell to the Dallas Mavericks 99-91. As ugly as it looked, it's still too early to demand heads on silver platters. Sebastian...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Kobe Bryant scored 22 points while playing on an injured right foot, but the Lakers opened a season of enormous expectations with a major dud of a performance. Howard had 19 points and 10 rebounds while missing 11 of his 14 free throws before fouling...
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The Orange County Register
| 7 months ago
The more energetic Dallas Mavericks took it to the Lakers on opening night 2012 at Staples Center, scoring a 99-91 victory behind Darren Collison's 17 points. Collison's point-guard counterpart, Nash, looked tentative in the new equal-opportunity...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
A gritty Dallas Mavericks quintet, playing without marquee player Dirk Nowitzki, shocked a star-studded Los Angeles Lakers team, Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time) at the Staples Center in LA, 99-91, in an opening day upset. Despite acquiring Dwight...
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Arizona Republic
| 7 months ago
Darren Collison scored 17 points, Brandan Wright added 14, and the Dallas Mavericks spoiled the Lakers debuts of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash with a 99-91 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night...Mayo had 12 points as the revamped Mavericks pulled...
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Daily News
| 7 months ago
Questions/Answers Questions and answers on Daily News stories from readers like you...He tried to act unimpressed. "I don't care," Cuban said before the Lakers' season opener Tuesday against Dallas at Staples Center. "I just hope they suck."...The...
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ESPN
| 7 months ago
After the dust settled this summer, Mark Cuban was quick to remind folks that the Los Angeles Lakers failed to win a title the last time they reloaded with a couple of sure-fire Hall of Famers...You know, like any other team. -- Mark Cuban on the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
The Lakers finally get the season started Tuesday night, hosting the Dallas Mavericks . [Updated Oct. 30 5:35: Kobe Bryant announced on his Facebook page that he is "feeling good enough to play" and will be in the Lakers' lineup tonight. Earlier...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Dwight Howard was traded to the Lakers on Aug. 10 in a four-team deal. The Los Angeles Lakers were as active as any team in the offseason, in hopes of putting together a championship team. After two straight disappointing finishes in the playoffs, L.
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New Zealand Herald
| 7 months ago
Here are some of the top storylines to watch as the season unfolds: Thunder-struck The Oklahoma City Thunder changed the power balance of the league by trading star guard James Harden to the Houston Rockets for shooting guard Kevin Martin, promising...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant smiles during an interview at NBA media day for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in Los Angeles October 1, 2012. Sidelined for eight days by a strained right foot, Los Angeles Lakers All-Star guard Kobe Bryant said he...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
Caption competition News in pictures Sport blogs Nottingham Forest broke with convention when they appointed Sean O'Driscoll in the summer. by Michael Holden 30 October 2012 05:49 PM With the meeting of Georges St Pierre and Carlos Condit hovering on...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
LeBron James has won three of the last four MVP awards...The 2012-2013 season gets underway on Oct. 30, with three games on the schedule. The Miami Heat are coming off their second championship since 2006, and the first since LeBron James and Chris...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 7 months ago
The last time the Boston Celtics played a game that truly counted, they had to endure a Miami Heat celebration...LeBron James gets his long-awaited first championship ring Tuesday night, when the Heat pay homage to last season's NBA title with a...
