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ESPN: Jason Richardson had 34 points and 10 rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets stunned the Los Angeles Lakers 108-95 on Wednesday night in a game where Kobe Bryant drew two technical fouls in a span of 29 seconds late in the fourth quarter and was ejected. The loss dropped the Lakers (49-23) into a three-way tie for second place in [...]

Kobe Bryant received both T’s around the end of the 4th quarter, one more and his suspended one game. We are still trying to see if they carry over into the post-season, but now the rumor is he might be suspended for the manner in which he earned the 2nd technical: OC Register: It was a loss that saw Bryant [...]

Lakers Blog: Pau Gasol was in the locker room before the game, and the situation is basically as follows: Trying to increase his activity on the ankle, he experienced a recurrence of the swelling. So no more activity. And keep in mind, “activity” doesn’t mean full court scrimmages, mountain climbing, or touch football in the park. It’s anything that would [...]

I was hoping to see him play Friday, since a bunch of us from TLN are going to the game. I know, were a selfish bunch. However, it doesn’t seem likely. Hopefully, he comes back Sunday so they can start that playoff push. Locker Talk: Pau Gasol did not make enough progress to take the floor at practice Tuesday, Coach [...]

If your either a Los Angeles Lakers or Queens fan you will appreciate a song parody like this. The slideshow itself had be spitting coffee on my computer screen. Rock on, Mambaaaaaaaaaa! [youtube h7_AlZFpsXQ]

Veteran forward’s play in the last three games has been all over the map, emblematic of his entire season. L.A. Times: Luke Walton’s yo-yo season continued in a 72-hour slice of basketball. He couldn’t miss against Seattle last Friday, scoring 17 points on eight-for-11 shooting and adding five rebounds and four assists. Two days later, he had four points and [...]

Veteran forward, in Jackson’s doghouse after snowboarding mishap last season, has made a big contribution on offense during three-game win streak. L.A. Times: Lost in the fine print of the Lakers’ three-game run was the effort by the guy once referred to as, well, lost. Phil Jackson uncorked one of his more memorable quotes when he called Vladimir Radmanovic a [...]

ESPN: Kobe Bryant scored 23 points, seven of his teammates also scored in double digits, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle 130-105 on Friday night, sending the SuperSonics to their 10th straight loss and completing a sweep of the four-game season series. The Western Conference-leading Lakers returned to Staples Center from an arduous 2-2 road trip that concluded with [...]

ESPN: Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Vladimir Radmanovic scored 10 of his season-high 21 in the final quarter, giving the Los Angeles Lakers just enough to hold off the Dallas Mavericks, 102-100, Tuesday night. The Lakers led by 25 points midway through the third quarter, but were up only 101-100 with 4.8 seconds left. Derek Fisher made one of [...]

All this Bynum news is giving TLN a headache. Just come back to us healthy, big man. ESPN: The Los Angeles Lakers have finally put a timetable on the return of Andrew Bynum: probably the first round of the playoffs. Bynum has been out since Jan. 13, when he dislocated his left kneecap and bruised a bone landing on a [...]

Daily News: Kobe Bryant did what any other gym rat might do after a poor-shooting game. He returned to the gym as quickly as possible and worked on his jump shot, hoping an extra practice session would solve his troubles. Upset by his 11-for-33 shooting in Sunday afternoon’s loss to the Houston Rockets, Bryant got permission to use the Dallas [...]

Well it’s about time we hear some GREAT news! LockerTalk: Good news all around from the land of the limping and losing Lakers, even though none of the news really qualifies as great news for them. Pau Gasol was off crutches and standing on his own, reporting he was feeling “much better” and even wandering onto the practice court to [...]

L.A. Times: Ready or not, Lamar Odom is the Lakers’ No. 2 option again. He had been coasting along quietly, putting up substantial numbers as the third option behind Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, with the prospect of being No. 4 once Andrew Bynum returned from injury. Then came another twist of fate after another injury, and Odom was pushed [...]

MRI exam reveals a moderate sprain that will keep him out of Sunday’s contest against the Rockets and likely the rest of the games on the road trip. Gasol said he hoped to miss only two weeks after sitting out that long when he sustained a sprained left ankle in training camp that produced “similar pain, a similar reaction.” L.A. [...]