Size advantage leads Lakers to win over Knicks

By: By GREG BEACHAM

LOS ANGELES ---- When Lakers 7-footers Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum lined up for the opening tip against New York's comparatively pint-sized front line, anybody who has ever seen a pickup game between poorly chosen teams could have predicted what happened next.

Nov 24, 2009 | 11:25 pm | Loading…

LAKERS 101, THUNDER 85: Lakers beat Thunder for 11th straight time

By: By AP

LOS ANGELES ---- Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, including an astonishing basket from behind the backboard, and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 101-85 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.

Nov 22, 2009 | 11:05 pm | Loading…

CLIPPERS 106, NUGGETS 99: Butler leads Clips to win over Nuggets

By: AP

LOS ANGELES ---- The first player off the Los Angeles Clippers' bench led them in scoring, something that doesn't happen with this club except when there are injuries -- which is most of the time.

Nov 21, 2009 | 1:25 am | Loading…

LAKERS 108, BULLS 93: Gasol scores 24 in debut

By: By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Until Thursday night, Pau Gasol had made more appearances this fall on "CSI: Miami" than in the Lakers' starting lineup.

Nov 20, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…

GRIZZLIES 106, CLIPPERS 91: Gay, Randolph lead Grizzlies over Clippers

MEMPHIS, Tenn. ---- Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins thinks his team's chemistry is finally right.

Nov 18, 2009 | 10:55 pm | Loading…

NEW ORLEANS 110, CLIPPERS 102: Clippers lose game, Rush

By: BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS ---- Jeff Bower calmly walked off the court and quickly into the tunnel, doing little to attract attention to himself after his first win as an NBA coach.

Nov 18, 2009 | 12:40 am | Loading…

LAKERS 106, DETROIT 93: Bryant goes 40 for 100 in Lakers' victory

By: GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

LOS ANGELES ---- When Lamar Odom pondered why the Lakers have been able to avoid losing three straight games for nearly two years, he instinctively glanced across the room to Kobe Bryant's locker.

Nov 18, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…

NUGGETS 105, LAKERS 79: 'Melo gets better of Artest as Nuggets whip Lakers

By: By ARNIE STAPLETON

DENVER ---- The Denver Nuggets don't care that the Lakers were tired or playing without Pau Gasol. This was one whooping worth celebrating.

Nov 14, 2009 | 12:45 am | Loading…

RAPTORS 104, CLIPPERS 89: Bosh leads Toronto past Clippers

LOS ANGELES ---- Usually when a team rallies from a deficit of 20 or more points, it spends so much energy getting back into the game that it has nothing left for the finish. The Toronto Raptors didn't encounter that problem at all.

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