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L.A. Times: Lakers center Chris Mihm will undergo surgery on his right heel and sit out about four to six weeks. Mihm’s right ankle has been surgically repaired twice, and he has been sidelined since Dec. 23 because of bursitis in his right heel and a sore Achilles’ tendon in his right foot. He felt persistent pain, underwent three weekly [...]

ESPN: Kobe Bryant drove into the lane, met heavy traffic and flipped the ball behind his back toward the corner for Pau Gasol, who was cutting the opposite way. After the ball bounced harmlessly out of bounds, Bryant smiled at Gasol, who smiled back. It was one of their few mistakes in a dominating first half Monday night that provided [...]

Hopefully, you guys didn’t miss us to much. We were down for a few hours but it seems like everything is working like the way it was before. I really don’t want to go in details on what happened but rest assured, I learned my lesson in tweaking things that I do not know nothing about. If some of you [...]

Former Grizzlies boss and Lakers legend praises Kupchak for getting Gasol. L.A. Times: Finally, Jerry West can watch the Lakers without being swamped by the anxiety that drove him to pace the hallways or roam the freeways while the team he assembled became a behemoth that would win three consecutive NBA championships. The Lakers still bear his imprint nearly eight [...]

ESPN: It hasn’t taken long for Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant to get comfortable playing together. Gasol had 30 points and nine rebounds to go with Bryant’s 36 points, 10 rebounds and six assists as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 117-113 Friday night. It was just Gasol’s third game in a Laker uniform, but he and Bryant [...]

L.A. Times: Joe Johnson scored 28 points, including four free throws in the final 23 seconds, and the Atlanta Hawks beat Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers 98-95 on Wednesday night. With Atlanta leading 95-93, Bryant was called for a turnover with 8 seconds left. Bryant, pressured by Johnson, lost control of the ball and was called for over-and-back [...]

L.A. Times: Kobe Bryant outscored the Washington Wizards all by himself in the first quarter Sunday. Then he let his Lakers teammates in on the fun. Bryant put up 19 points in the opening period on his way to finishing with 30 on 10-of-15 shooting, and the Lakers had no need for the newly acquired Pau Gasol in a 103-91 [...]

NBA Fastbreak said that Pau Gasol will not be in uniform for the Wizards game. ESPN also said he is expected to be on the bench but not in uniform. Also, from his first videotaped interview as a Laker, it seems that Gasol agrees with that. He hopes to play against the Nets. UPDATE #1: Well it looks like the [...]

L.A. Times: Kobe Bryant scored 46 points and the Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors, 121-101, tonight, hours after acquiring Pau Gasol in a trade with Memphis. The Lakers gave up center Kwame Brown, rookie guard Javaris Crittenton and two first-round draft picks to get Gasol, who will play center until Andrew Bynum (left knee) is ready to return. Gasol will [...]

O.C. Register: Lamar Odom has been traveling with Kobe Bryant for 41/2 seasons and has learned a few things about the doors that fly open for others just by Bryant racing past them. Yet Odom still seems stuck on the part about racing through the open doorway. With Bryant denied the ball by the Detroit Pistons’ zone defense, Odom air-balled [...]

10 more days, eh. We don’t really have a choice, do we? Pres Enterprise: DJ Mbenga’s 10-day contract expires today. Jackson said Mbenga, averaging 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds, will travel with the Lakers, indicating they’re going to give him another 10-day contract.

L.A. Times: Kobe Bryant had 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Sasha Vujacic scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers rallied for a 120-109 victory over the New York Knicks Tuesday night at Staples Center. The Lakers trailed, 99-91, when Vujacic made a pair of three-pointers to get them going. A jumper by [...]

Another injury hit the Lakers during tonights game. Errr… ESPN: Lakers forward Luke Walton came out of the game for good late in the first quarter with a right hip pointer.

L.A. Times: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant went back and forth throughout an intense fourth quarter. James and his Cleveland Cavaliers won out in the end, even surviving a few raindrops at Staples Center. James scored 14 of his 41 points in the final period, and the Cavaliers beat the short-handed Lakers, 98-95, this afternoon for their 12th win in [...]