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Lakers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
27 Jan 2012 at 12:27am
If the Lakers needed a little rough-and-tough stuff to get ready to start winning on the road, maybe their cross-town rivals did them a favor. The Lakers put together a gritty effort Wednesday night in beating the Clippers, 96-91, in a Lakers home game at Staples Center. The result gives the Lakers some confidence?they'd lost their previous three games?before they begin a stretch of eight games out of nine on the road. The Lakers are 1-6 on the road this season and next visit Milwaukee on Saturday night. But they played with an edge against the Clippers?especially Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace. Gasol had 23 points and 10 rebounds; World Peace had just three points?although it was a critical three-pointer?but produced five rebounds, seven...
Bryant edged out James in total earnings, according to Forbes (Yahoo! Sports)
26 Jan 2012 at 5:10pm
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Miami Heat guard LeBron James, who are perennial contenders for the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, are also the league's leaders in earnings. Bryant edged out James in total earnings last year, Forbes Magazine announced Wednesday,...
Los Angeles Lakers Pick Up Crucial Victory Over City Rivals: Fan?s Reaction (...
26 Jan 2012 at 12:19pm
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 96-91 on a night filled with some of the most physical basketball found in the NBA this season. Pau Gasol had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant scored 24 points to lead the team to its first...
Dwight Howard Trade Rumors and News Round-up (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
26 Jan 2012 at 11:12am
As the NBA trade deadline approaches, trade speculation involving Dwight Howard, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Jersey Nets has lost considerable steam. Does this mean that Howard will sign with the Dallas Mavericks in the 2012 offseason?
Gasol, Lakers show they're still full of fight (Yahoo! Sports)
26 Jan 2012 at 9:50am
Chris Paul and the Clippers are L.A.'s hot, new fad, but it's still not wise to anger Kobe Bryant's Lakers.
Lakers and Clippers Should Just Play the Game: A Fan's Take (Yahoo! Contribut...
26 Jan 2012 at 8:38am
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Clippers in the second skirmish of the highly touted "Battle for Los Angeles." The game was close from the beginning, and in the end the Lakers gutted out a tough victory over their Staples Center co-tenants.
Paul returns from hamstring injury (Yahoo! Sports)
26 Jan 2012 at 2:10am
The jumper wasn't there and the crossover might have been a little rusty. He couldn't lead his team to a win in the fourth quarter, but despite all of those things, Wednesday was still a good night because Chris Paul was back on the floor.
Lakers hold off Clippers in city rivalry game (The Canadian Press)
25 Jan 2012 at 11:48pm
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Moments after the final buzzer sounded on the Los Angeles Lakers' latest extravaganza of hard fouls, trash-talk and outright wrestling matches with the Los Angeles Clippers, Pau Gasol might have topped it all when he patted Chris Paul on the head.
Should the Lakers Offense Be Built Around Andrew Bynum?: A Fan's Take (Yahoo!...
25 Jan 2012 at 10:41pm
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Clips on January 25, but it certainly wasn't pretty. Pau Gasol had one of his best games of the season, and he showed great versatility and confidence. For much of the game, Kobe sat back. He did finish with 24 points.
NBA Capsules: Lakers win Battle of Los Angeles (The Canadian Press)
25 Jan 2012 at 10:39pm
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kobe Bryant scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, Pau Gasol had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit for a 96-91 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night in another testy edition of their cross-hallway rivalry.

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