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Los Angeles Lakers (17x NBA Champions)

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NBA.com Bryant leads Lakers past Knicks 116-114

LOS ANGELES(AP) Kobe Bryant scored nine of his 28 points in the last 7 1/2 minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to beat the New York Knicks 116-114 on Tuesday night.Trevor Ariza scored the go-ahead basket with 1:03 remaining to give the Lakers (21-3) their 14th win in 16 games.
Nate Robinson, who scored a season-high 33 points, had a chance to give New York the lead, but missed a short jumper with about 12 seconds to play. Two foul shots by Derek Fisher with 6.4 seconds left made it 115-112, and the Lakers then intentionally fouled Robinson, who made two foul shots with 3.8 seconds left to make it a one-point game.
Fisher made another foul shot with 2.7 seconds left, and Chris Duhon missed a desperation shot from the backcourt as time expired.


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Lakers are currently sitting on an .875 winning percentage, which comes out to 71.75 wins in an 82 game schedule. 72-10 is daunting, but ho hum, there are 3 teams threatening that mark right now.
 
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News just gets worse, as the Lakers begin to show the trait of a Phil Jackson coached team, expecting everyone to roll over for them as they march to the finals, bad news begins to pour in.

Farmar Injures Left Knee | Lakers.com BasketBlog

Lakers guard Jordan Farmar suffered an injury to his left knee in the fourth quarter of Friday night?s game in Miami.


Farmar had an MRI on Saturday in Orlando, which showed a tear of the lateral meniscus in his left knee. He will fly back to L.A. on Sunday where he will undergo examination by team doctors on Monday.
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billmac91;1360422; said:
I think more than naything, their East-Coast road-trip is showing the strength of the Eastern Conference.
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They should be able to beat the Heat. Orlando's on fire so that one's understandable. The East is much improved but I think this is more on the Lakers. They seemed to want to dominate the opponent earlier in the year. They've just gotten complacent and seemed satisfied with playing a competitive game. And with the West getting healthier, now's not the time.
 
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LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 01/04/09 | Lakers 100, Blazers 86

Lakers beat Blazers for 15th straight home win
LOS ANGELES(AP) Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 19 and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 100-86 Sunday night for their sixth consecutive victory and 15th straight at home.
LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 22 points and 11 rebounds, as all five starters scored in double figures. But the Blazers shot only 39 percent overall.
Facing the Trail Blazers for the first time since their season-opening, 96-76 win - Portland's lowest point total ever against the Lakers - the defending Western Conference champions pulled away with a 15-3 run that increased their four-point lead to 75-59 with 2:12 left in the third quarter.


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LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 01/16/09 | Magic 109, Lakers 103

Nelson, Howard lead Magic past Lakers

LOS ANGELES(AP) Jameer Nelson scored 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, Dwight Howard had 25 points and 20 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Los Angeles Lakers 109-103 Friday night.
Kobe Bryant had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for Los Angeles, but missed two jumpers in the waning moments. The triple-double was the 15th of Bryant's career, but his first since April 1, 2005.
Howard's double-double was his league-leading 30th of the season.
Nelson scored 10 of Orlando's final 12 points, including hitting one of his three 3-pointers with 35 seconds left to put the Magic up 104-103. He was good on four free throws afterward as the Magic built a five-point lead on the way to their sixth straight win.
All the Orlando starters scored in double figures, with Rashard Lewis getting 15, Hedo Turkoglu 13 and Courtney Lee 12.
Lamar Odom had 17 points for Los Angeles, and Vladimir Radmanovic had 15, all coming on his 5-of-8 shooting treys. Andrew Bynum had 14 points and three rebounds, but scored just two points after halftime and again was outplayed by Howard, who also blocked three shots.
Although they didn't match their NBA record-setting spree of 23 3-pointers they made in their last game, the Magic had a telling edge over the Lakers from beyond the arc, going 12-of-28 to Los Angeles' 9-of-26. Lewis hit four of his eight 3-point attempts and Nelson came up big at the right time, hitting all of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter after missing the three he took earlier in the game.
The Magic were coming off a 139-107 rout of Sacramento where they established the league record for 3-pointers.

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Kobe trying for that 3 with 10 seconds to go was a bad idea. I hate it when he does that, he's cold, he knows he's cold but still tosses up a prayer. Get that to VladRad who was doing well from behind the arc all night.
 
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