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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:27 am    Post subject: Febuary 13th: "L.A. has to make its breaks" "LA Lakers 94, Utah 88"

Too Many Games Gone in 60 Seconds
# In seven games this season, the Lakers led or were tied in the last minute of regulation but lost.

By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer

The All-Star break is three days away, and the Jazz could pass the Lakers tonight for eighth place in the Western Conference, a reasonable amount of time to count the self-inflicted wounds created by a team potentially better than its 25-25 record, if not for the final 60 seconds of the fourth quarter.

In seven games this season, the Lakers led or were tied in the last minute of regulation but lost.

It happened three times in November, against Philadelphia, Chicago and New Jersey, losses that could be excused as a young team adjusting to a new coach.

Then came December, and a pattern became a glaring habit when Tracy McGrady parted the Laker defense for an easy layup at the buzzer and a 76-74 Houston victory.

Ten days later, Memphis trailed by three with 30 seconds left but forced overtime and won, 100-99.

Then came Lamar Odom's gaffe in Sacramento, when an offensive charge and a four-point Laker lead with 22 seconds left in the fourth became a 118-109 overtime loss.

Finally, the Lakers fell again to Memphis, a four-point lead with 53 seconds left turning into a 100-99 loss Saturday.

One by one they have stacked up, potential victories turned into frustrating losses in a season that can't afford much more of the latter.

Even Laker Coach Phil Jackson seemed befuddled by it.

"I don't know," he said. "I can't stick my finger on it.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:28 am    Post subject:


L.A. has to make its breaks

By Vincent Bonsignore, Staff Writer

Phil Jackson lined the Lakers up along the baseline at the end of practice Sunday for a little talk.

The subject was the importance of making breaks for yourself.

Less than 24 hours after the Lakers were their own worst enemy in a 100-99 loss to Memphis, Jackson's sermon was keenly appropriate.

Jackson talked about effort and hustle and awareness and team defense and being in the right place at the right time.

In other words, nearly everything the Lakers didn't do over the final minutes Saturday when they basically gave a game away to the Grizzlies, blowing a four-point lead over the last 1:07.

Brian Cook rushed a 15-footer with the score tied and 13.8 seconds left in the game, giving Memphis possession. Smush Parker then fouled Chucky Atkins with three seconds left, allowing the Grizzlies to take a one-point lead.

Those were merely the most obvious of a slew of mistakes the Lakers made over the final minutes Saturday as they continued a maddening penchant of crumbling down the stretch of winable games.

That, more than any other reason, is why they suddenly find themselves only one-half game ahead of Utah for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Lakers host the Jazz tonight at Staples Center, and a loss knocks them off the playoff pace.

"You make breaks for yourself through your want and your effort," said Jackson, who refused to use inexperience as an excuse for the type of mistakes the Lakers made.

"I don't accept that," Jackson said.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:31 am    Post subject:

Jackson Has a Little Chat With Brown
By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer

It was time, Phil Jackson decided, to meet with Kwame Brown.

It involved some Q-and-A, some give and take and a Ben Wallace comparison … sort of.

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The highlight: Brown, averaging 5.8 points and 5.9 rebounds, was asked what he thought about Wallace's game in which the Detroit center had no points but 17 rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots in a 90-74 victory over Minnesota.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:35 am    Post subject:

Kobe joins Team Magic

Kobe joins Team Magic
Bryant a Shooting Star

By AP

NBA scoring leader Kobe Bryant will team with former Lakers great Magic Johnson and Los Angeles Sparks centre Lisa Leslie in the Shooting Stars competition on Saturday night of all-star weekend.

There are four teams in the event, with the object to make shots from six locations in the fastest time. Teams are made up of a current and former NBA player from its city, plus one WNBA player.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:19 pm    Post subject:

LA Lakers 94, Utah 88-Box Score
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:26 pm    Post subject:

Lakers seeking second option
Supporting cast struggling to deliver when called, leaving the onus on Bryant.

By KEVIN DING
The Orange County Register



EL SEGUNDO – Question: Aside from Kobe Bryant, which Laker is most likely to make a shot with the game on the line?

What happened late in the Lakers' loss to Memphis on Saturday night offered some insight into where Coach Phil Jackson and Bryant stand on that issue. And it speaks to the limited qualifications of most Lakers that third-year forward Brian Cook has shot up the list as if he were a catchy, new song on the airwaves.

Jackson said Sunday that with the score tied, 99-99, on Saturday night, he asked Bryant what play the team should run, and Bryant called for a pick-and-roll with him and Cook. Jackson said he would've called a timeout and drawn up a specific play had Pau Gasol made his foul shot and given Memphis a lead, but Gasol's miss left the score tied with 28.7 seconds left.

"We didn't really have last shot," Jackson said, referring to the gap between the game clock and 24-second clock, "so we (thought we) should get best shot."
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:29 pm    Post subject:

Los Angeles 94, Utah 88

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 23 points and tied a career high with six steals -- all in the first half -- to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 94-88 on Monday night.

Bryant was 6-for-20 from the field, missing his first five shots before ending the drought on a 13-foot fadeaway jumper with 5.3 seconds left in the opening quarter. The nine-time All-Star, whose league-leading scoring average dropped from 35.2 to 34.9, averaged 43.4 points in January -- including a franchise-record 81-point effort against Toronto and a streak of 62 consecutive free throws made.

Lamar Odom had 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Los Angeles. Bryan Cook and Smush Parker each scored 15.

Devin Brown scored a career-high 25 points and Mehmet Okur had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who lost for the fifth time in their last six road games. Andrei Kirilenko had 10 points on 2-for-11 shooting.
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