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The Los Angeles Lakers secured their sixth consecutive victory by beating their rival team from Portland, Trail Blazers, 100-86 on Sunday 5th January, 2009. This was the 15th time the Lakers remained unbeaten in their hometown. Star players, Kobe Bryant scored 26 points and Pau Gasol scored another 19 adding massively to the winning total. Portland’s player LaMarcus Aldridge was the lead scorer on the team who secured 22 points with another 11 points from rebounds. The five starters all sco

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Lakers’ Walton sidelined by foot soreness (AP) Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton will be sidelined for at least two weeks by a foot injury. Walton, who started 11 consecutive games before missing Sunday’s 100-86 win over Portland, has sesamoiditis in his right foot and will wear a protective boot for a week, the team said Monday. The condition is an irritation of the sesamoid bones that extend to the big toe and generally heals without… Miami’s Marion could return Monday to face Spurs (

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Since the ATB writers have been in a self-induced coma as a result of last week’s NYE festivities (hey, it’s hard living in your mom’s basement), rather than rehashing a bunch of stale games from Wed-Sun, we thought it’d make more sense to just hit some highlights and trends of things we’re watching as the haze continues to wear off from our vision and the strange burning sensations subside. Some News & Notes. Is Tubby Smith on the short list of coaches looking at Arizona?  Maybe the Tubbster re

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Year begins with much unresolved in the NBA It’s getting harder to get a meaningful resolution out of our NBA heroes. Not that it will keep me from persisting, as long as I have a column due that week. Lakers F Walton out at least two weeks (PA SportsTicker) Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton will miss a minimum of two weeks with a right foot injury, the team announced Monday. Lakers beat Blazers for 15th straight home win (AP) Once again, the Lakers have the best record in the NB

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Line Of The Night — 01/03/2009-01/04/2009 January 5th, 2009 Line Of The Night: Dwyane Wade — 29 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, 4 blocks, 3 steals Friday night D-Wade could not get it done in the 4th.  Saturday night he got EVERYTHING done.  We are talking near 5×5 glory.  The highlight of his performance was for sure the blocks.  Two of them came against 7-foot rook Brook Lopez, with the best being a mano e mano, straight up and down manhood test.  Even the usual stoic Wade could not contain

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Miami’s Marion could return Monday to face Spurs (Yahoo! Sports) Miami Heat forward Shawn Marion said he expects to play Monday against San Antonio after missing Saturday’s… Lakers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) Pau Gasol just missed two championship titles in 2008, but he landed one other title: European Player of the Year. Gasol was honored by La Gazzetta dello Sport, one of the premier sports journals in the world. It was judged by a panel of players, coaches and basketball journalists.

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A lot happened this week. Good luck trying to escape any sports talk this morning! That’s why I’m not leaving my house or turning on the t.v today! But because of the playoffs, I once again am going to limit my things you need to know since that will be the dominating conversations for the next few months. 1. Football Playoffs Round 1: NFL Wild Card I already wrote my recaps of this but here are the quick bullet scores Saturday: AFC: San Diego 23 Colts 17 in OT NFC: Arizona 30 Atltana 24

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Lakers beat Blazers for 15th straight home win (AP) Once again, the Lakers have the best record in the NBA — thanks to a little help from the Celtics and Cavaliers. Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 19 and Los Angeles beat the Portland Trail Blazers 100-86 Sunday night for its sixth consecutive victory and 15th straight at home. The defending Western Conference champions realize that not having homecourt advantage against the Celtics in… NBA Insider: Hawks put up top ‘08 fi

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