The Lakers are on a three-game win streak. Usually this would not be much cause for celebration or be newsworthy at all. The struggles that Los Angeles has gone through this season have been a complete surprise, considering the talent level, and it is shocking to think a team with Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Pau Gasol would miss the Playoffs. A three-game win streak is news. Is it a sign the Lakers have started to right the ship? Dwight Howard thinks so. Howard told Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register that he and Bryant are on the same page now after the team meeting in Memphis last Wednesday: Dwight Howard said Monday that the team meeting Wednesday helped refocus everyone off individual desires — including him and Kobe Bryant: 'We both want to win.' Howard said the connection between him and Bryant, in particular, has strengthened lately. Howard said they have reached a point to 'think as one and be one on the court. That took some time, but...
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