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| Odom lifts Lakers to 2-0 series lead |
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05/24/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Lamar Odom had a spectacular all-around performance with 20 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots, and the sharp-shooting Lakers continued their home success in the playoffs with a 101-71 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. Los Angeles rallied from a 20-point third-quarter deficit to win on Wednesday, 89-85, but there was little doubt to the result of Friday's contest after a dominating second half. The Lakers moved to 7-0 as the hos |
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| Spurs try to bounce back against Lakers in Game 2 |
NBA Basketball |
05/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The San Antonio Spurs try to bounce back against the Los Angeles Lakers tonight at the Staples Center in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. In the opener, superstar Kobe Bryant exploded for 25 of his 27 points in the second half, and the top-seeded Lakers erased a 20-point third-quarter deficit to stun the defending world champion and third-seeded Spurs, 89-85, in Los Angeles. The MVP strapped the Lakers to his back with his 14-point fourth quarter, and his pull-up jumper with 23.9 seco |
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| Celtics attempt to take 2-0 lead over Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
05/22/2008 |
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| to just nine points. Game 3 of this set is scheduled for Saturday at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Pistons have won eight straight Game 2s in the playoffs. The last time Detroit lost the second game of a playoff series was on June 12, 2005 to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. The Celtics have won two straight Game 2s in the postseason. Boston is 9-0 at home and 0-6 on the road in this year's playoffs. The Celtics survived two big scares in the first round and semifinals. They knocked out the eighth-see |
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| Kobe rallies Lakers from 20 down to stun Spurs |
NBA Basketball |
05/22/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Kobe Bryant exploded for 25 of his 27 points in the second half, and the Los Angeles Lakers erased a 20-point third- quarter deficit to stun the San Antonio Spurs, 89-85, in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. The MVP strapped the Lakers to his back with his 14-point fourth quarter, and his pull-up jumper with 23.9 seconds left broke an 85-85 tie. Manu Ginobili missed a three at the other end, and Sasha Vujacic's free throws with 7.3 seconds left sealed the win for the we |
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| Andrew Bynum undergoes knee surgery in New York |
NBA Basketball |
05/21/2008 |
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| David Altchek, consisted of removing some cartilage debris and smoothing some rough spots on the underside of Bynum's left kneecap, the team said. Bynum had the operation on the same day the Lakers opened the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center. ``Everything seemed to go well,'' Lakers coach Phil Jackson said, adding that from what he had heard, Bynum should be 100 percent in about three months. ``I think Andrew's glad he did it.'' Bynum hasn't played since suffering |
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| Barkley, Donaghy issues need addressing |
NBA Basketball |
05/21/2008 |
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| just an annoyance Stern can brush off as little more than a bad hobby gone really bad. At a time the NBA already has gambling issues it just looks bad that the most outspoken and listened to commentator on the cable network carrying the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs conference championship bets huge amounts of money on everything from the turn of a card at the blackjack table to the bounce of a ball on a field. Barkley has admitted to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in Super Bowl bets - supposedly los |
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| Lakers host Spurs in Game 1 of West finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The defending world champion San Antonio Spurs attempt to earn a trip back to the NBA Finals, as they visit the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference finals series tonight at the Staples Center. This is the 11th time these teams have met in the postseason. San Antonio is 3-7 versus the Lakers in the playoffs. The Spurs defeated LA in the 1995, 1999 and 2003 semifinals. The Lakers knocked off San Antonio in the first round of the 1986 and 1988 postse |
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| Hornets won games, hearts, in New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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| n't help. ``When we first came here, so many writers and reporters were saying it wouldn't work, we didn't have chance and I was stupid,'' Shinn recalled Tuesday, the day after the Hornets' season ended with a Game 7 loss to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals. The nay-sayers, it turned out, failed to account for the way an exciting young team, led by an emerging superstar in Chris Paul and fellow first-time All-Star David West, could galvanize a community. The Hor |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - LA Lakers vs. San Antonio |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The defending world champion San Antonio Spurs attempt to earn a trip back to the NBA Finals, as they face the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals. This is the 11th time these teams have met in the postseason. San Antonio is 3-7 versus the Lakers in the playoffs. The Spurs defeated LA in the 1995, 1999 and 2003 semifinals. The Lakers knocked off San Antonio in the first round of the 1986 and 1988 postseason, 1982, 1983, 2002, 2004 semis and the 2001 We |
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| Spurs' plane delayed out of New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -The San Antonio Spurs' departure from New Orleans after winning Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals was delayed several hours after their plane had mechanical problems, the team said Tuesday. The team could not find hotel rooms in the city, so the players had to sleep on the plane, team spokesman Cliff Puchalski said. ``We slept on the plane - as much as you can sleep,'' Puchalski said. ``We tried to keep some normal semblance of order.'' The Spurs eliminated the Hornets 91-82 |
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