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Today LA are on a two day road trip against their opponent Oklahoma Thunders. The Lakers who have played very well in the past two days, knew that it wouldn’t be an easy task in this building, and they were right. Oklahoma played adjusted well to the tall LA squad and played great defence during the whole game. Watching the game, I taught La would have a great advantage during this season since Oklahoma is a very short teams and they have all the height on their side. Russel Westbrook and Kevin Durant combined for 56 of the 101 Thunder point to get this win. During an interview, Kobe Bryant said this young team can sure play ball, and are going to get excited and play well for their fans, but we just have to find a way to take them out of their rhythm. Thunders know that it just gets tougher from here because a great coach like Phil Jackson will adjust and try to take more advantage of their advantage. LA next verses Thunders back here on Saturday night before heading back to LA Sunday morning. Durant finished his night with 28pts and 10reb on a poor shooting night while teammate Russel Westbrook topped off his night with 27pts and 7reb.

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The Lakers had an easy win over the Thunders two nights ago, and were hoping to repeat it here tonight before heading to Oklahoma . I Cant say that tonight's game was an easy win for LA at all because the score was very tight for the whole 48min. Both teams played and executed very well, but at the end it was a battle of the superstars with Kobe and Durant shinning when their teams needed them most. Even tho Ron Artest played exceptional defence on Durant, he still managed to walk out this one with 32pts but the story of the night was Kobe Bryant, who made big shots as the time was whining down. He made key free throws and just couldn't be stopped. "You expect him to make big shots," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "Unfortunately he did again tonight." Bryant had 39pts to lead all scores and to help his team win this one. I watched the whole game and Thunders defence was very good against LA, especially since they have a much shorter team then the Lakers do, and i also feel that Thunders are quickly getting the hang of this. "Our energy on the defensive end was phenomenal," said Durant "We just have to correct the offensive."Maybe when they go back to Oklahoma, this team just might have a chance to win a game or more if they play the way they played today, and that's a scary taught for the Champs.

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First game of the 2009-2010 NBA playoffs was a good one for the Lakers. They had all their starters back and were ready to role. They did struggled a lot late in the season with Kobe and Bynum out and weren't looking like they would be ready to compete coming playoff time, but they did what they had to do here tonight and got the job done. They were very aggressive and had a lot of help from their big mans, even Bynum taught so. "That's just part of being aggressive and letting people know and having a presence out there." Said Bynum who finished of with 13pts and 12reb. It was good to see them adjust to newer things just like Kobe said they would and to be honest After watching this game I feel that LA will take this series 4-0 if they keep on playing like this. With all that said, we have to acknowledge that Oklahoma is a new and young team, and its also their first time qualifying for the playoffs, but they need to know that nothing will come easy for them during this series, especially against the defending champs. "It was a tough one for us tonight," Durant said. "I had some good looks. Some great looks. I wasn't able to make them. That's discouraging." Kobe Bryant finished with 21pts and Paul Gasol ended his night with 19pts and 13reb to secure this victory.

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All around the Los Angels Lakers had a good post season. They had their ups and down but played very well when they needed it. They had a lot of injuries during and throughout the whole season but they also handled that very well. With Bynum out for a few months, Lamar Odem stepped up and helped the Lakers pick up the slacks and to fill up the wholes. Even tho at times the Lakers seemed as if they were lacking a personality, we all still believe that the defending champs are and will remain one of the toughest contenders in this league. With the post season now over, the Lakers are hoping to have the whole roster healthy in order to make some noise in the playoffs. If they want to win the really need to do a few things differently to accomplish that goal. I heard Kobe Bryant on an interview say that they need to change a lot of things for the playoffs because you can never win two championship in a row doing the same thing. And i think that is totally true since other teams have really stepped up in making changes for their sake and their organizations. Hopefully the LA learned a lot and will be ready for the playoffs coming up in a few days. LET THE PLAYOFFS BEGGIN!:)

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After a great win over the Kings last night, LA is versing their close friends the LA Clippers tonight at the staples centre. It was their last game of the season and Lakers still didn't have Kobe Bryant which hurt them late in the game. Clipplers two guard Steve Blake and Baron Davis played exceptionally well and the others just did what they could to end their season on a good note. "I thought it was a great way to end the season," said Clippers coach Kim Hughes. "The bench came in and helped us out tremendously...Tonight, we were a well-balanced team all the way around." Steve Blake had an outstanding performance finishing of his night with a triple double. He had 23pts 10reb and 13 assist and Kris Kaman pitched in 22pts and 7reb. As for the Lakers, they now have Sasha Vuyacic out for the season with an ankle injury. Its a bad loss for them this late in the season because Sasha played well when the starters weren't providing much. We are definitely going to miss Sasha," said Lakers forward Ron Artest. "He was really starting to play well and I can't wait to get him back." That's only if they do get him back sometimes during the playoffs.

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Today the Lakers were versing Tyreke Evans and his young Sacramento Kings. Kings were looking forward of taking advantage of the fact that Kobe Bryant wasn't in this one, but LA's deep bench stepped up quite well to help them win this one tonight. The Lakers bench had a great role in this game, especially Shannon Brown Kobe's replacement. Brown played great defence and provided the Lakers with just enough with Kobe out. ''It hurts but I just drown it out," said Brown. "I'm trying to get a nice rhythm that's going to be consistent through the playoffs." With Playoffs coming up, its just this type of intensity and play that this team is going to need if they want to repeat what they did last year and become back to back champs for this year. "Not having consistency is always something tough to deal with," Brown said. And hes right because this team has been going through some ups and downs and you can't have that this late in the season. Paul Gasol had 28pts and 8reb while Shannon brown added 24pts of the bench to help LA get past this young team. This was LA's last home game before the playoffs and they needed this win. The next face off against the LA Clippers here at the Staples Center but as the away team.

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After winning and securing home court advantage on the previous night, LA is back home against the Portland Trailblazers and are hoping to make it two in a row. Unfortunately that wasn't the case because the Blazers came in focused and hoping that they could at least reach that 8^th spot in the western conference. Even though they have three starters out for the season with injuries, this young team weren't intimidated by the number one seed. During the whole game i saw LA struggling a lot with getting the ball down low to Paul and Bynum, and with no inside presence and most of their shots from the out-side, they didn't have much in their favour. The blazers put this one way out of reach for the Lakers by the end of the third quarter but miraculously LA managed to come back and only trail by 3 points. All they needed was a three pointer from one of their shooters but instead passed the ball to their big man Paul Gasol to shoot a three, which was a stupid move since he was 0-6 from downtown and they lost the game. Gasol had 23pts and 12reb in this one and Kobe had 20pts, as for the rest of the Lakers, i think that the need to step it up more and take advantage especially when you have 3 starters from the opponent team out.

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After loosing on the road yesterday against the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers were still in trouble. With their leading scorer Kobe Bryant out with a knee injury, the Lakers weren't to ready to face the number 2 seed in the Western Conference the Denver Nuggets. With a fast team like the nuggets, all the Lakers could do is to try to slow down the paste but couldn't quite do it without Kobe. The game was intense and both teams were exchanging buckets for buckets until the Nuggets Jr. Smith started draining three pointers to put his Nuggets up by 15pts. Lakers fought and came back but it wasn't enough for a win and let the Nuggets run away with it. Derrick fisher had a chance to give La the lead but got blocked with just a few seconds left on the clock and LA ran out of luck. As for Kobe Bryant's injury, it couldn't of came at a worse moment then this. With Teams fighting to win that number spot in the western conference, LA hasn't been doing that with 2 loss in a row. Even tho they still remain on top of the list, The Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets are right behind them. Hopefully they can have Kobe back for the their next game back home, and pick up the slack. Paul Gasol had another double-double with 26pts and 13reb Ron Artest finished with 22pts and 6reb but all that wasn't enough since Carmelo Anthony had 31pts for the Nuggets and Jr ended his night with 26pts off the bench.

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The Lakers have now lost two in a row, and with Kobe Bryant out, they were hoping that it wouldn't be three in a row. Today Kobe Bryant was still out with his knee injury but it was no problem for the Lakers who were facing off against one of the worst teams in the NBA right now the Minnesota Timberwolf. The Timberwolfs haven't beat the Lakers in a while now and LA wasn't about to let that happen anytime soon, especially not with playoffs around the corner. After struggling, the Lakers were looking to secure home court advantage with a win today and did just that. It was a blowout from the beginning and LA didn't give the Timberwolf a chance to spoil their chances. They shot the ball well and executed their plays to the T. Paul Gasol and his guy played well. He finished the game with 29pts and 15reb, while his teammates Shanon Brown, Lamar Oden and Jordan Farmar all had 13pts and Ron Artest had 11pts to help LA walk out with a victory. Now LA can rest a little since they are now guaranteed home court advantage throughout the whole playoffs series, but that doesn't mean to stop winning it only means to take a shorter breather. The Lakers are really looking to give Kobe some rest so that he can heal and also be fully ready for crunch time. They next face off against Portland Trailblazers on Sunday night on ESPN

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With just a few days left before the playoffs start, Lakers are facing off with one of their rivals the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers started of the game very the game very well and just had everything rolling for them before half time. After half time Lakers started relaxing and that's when the Spurs started taking over. LA couldn't buy a shot and Kobe was having an off night with no help from his teammates. This is a little scary going into the playoffs knowing that Spurs might be LA's first round match-up. It was also scary for the Spurs that already have started Tony Parker out with an injury, but now also have George Hill out after twisting his ankle in tonight's game. Even with all the injuries the Spurs are battling, they still managed to cruise past the Lakers with no trouble. As for the Lakers, they only Had Paul Gasol who played very well finishing his night with 32pts and 7assist, Kobe Bryant had 22pts and 8reb, beside that the Lakers didn't have anyone else that was big in today's game. For the Spurs, Tim Duncan ended his night with a double double of 24pts and 11reb and Manu Ginobili helped cruise past LA with 32pts with most coming in the third quarter. The Lakers are next opponent will be Denver nuggets who are also on a winning streak.