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Tick-Tock: Lakers’ Brown must win now

Found October 31, 2012 on Shatter The Backboard:
PLAYERS: Kobe Bryant,  Steve Nash,  Dwight Howard,  Pau Gasol
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers
On paper, the Los Angeles Lakers have one of the best starting line up’s the NBA has ever seen. By adding  two-time MVP point guard Steve Nash and three-time defensive player of the year Dwight Howard, the Lakers added to an already stacked team that includes Pau Gasol and one of the best to ever play the game, Kobe Bryant. Last season was a disappointment. In a shortened season, the Lakers finished with a losing record away from the Staples Center. (14-16) Even though they won the Pacific Division for the 33rd time and earned the No.… Read more
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