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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz There have been calls throughout the postseason for Pau Gasol to see more opportunities to score down on the low block. Gasol himself hadn't been one of those critics. The Lakers' big man is a harmonious sort who trusts the Lakers' triangle offense without reservation. This makes a lot of sense because the system is ideally suited to Gasol'...

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This was Derek Fisher’s motto for the shot to end regulation and in overtime. All playoff long, Fish was struggling from all over the floor and even on the defensive end with the Rockets. Almost all the lakers fans including me wanted fisher to be benched and either farmar or brown to start in his [...]

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1. Kobe Bryant had a costly turnover. Kobe missed free throws. He missed threes. He was “bad” tonight. But let’s think about that for a moment. Kobe had 31 points and 8 assists. I don’t think he had one really clean look at the basket all night. Pretty amazing. Sure, he wasn’t the Closer, but [...]

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