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Gasol leads balanced scoring effort as Lakers win fifth straight

Pau Gasol scored 22 points to lead seven players in double figures and also had 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers won their fifth straight game with a 130-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.

Weekend Dime: The All-Lefty Team

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The All-Lefty team starters Josh Smith and Lamar Odom are usually ready to mix it up underneath. ...

Gasol returns, posts double-double as Lakers crush Bulls

Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, and Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Lakers' career scoring chart in Los Angeles' 108-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

Wednesday Bullets

...whipper-snapper Jennings' arrival, the suggestion that Michael Redd may no longer be a necessary Buck. Derek Fisher, president of the players' union, says he thinks players understand the economic realities of today, and...

First Cup: Monday

...to enjoy that as much as a very classy pregame ceremony in which Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher gave him his championship ring and the Staples Center crowd gave him a standing ovation. It...

Brooks has career high 33; Kobe held to 18 as Lakers lose again

Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 33 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-91 on Sunday night, sending them to a second consecutive loss.

LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 15: Kobe Bryant #24 and Derek Fisher #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers present former teammate Trevor Ariza #1 of the Houston Rockets...

Daily Dime: Ariza gets his ring

NBAE/Getty Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher presented former teammate Trevor Ariza with his championship ring. NBAE/Getty Images Dirk Nowitzki tallied 25...

Ron Artest, in isolation

...that he'd like to pass, only to leave the ball a yard behind a cutting Derek Fisher. When he plays defense, he's a force of nature built of size and strength. When...

Steve Nash, Junior Bird Man

By Henry Abbott All in one instant, Derek Fisher sank the 3, and Violet Palmer blew the whistle and Steve Nash had the highlight of...

First Cup: Thursday

...in as many days, in no small part because of Kobe Bryant's 41 points and Derek Fisher's last-second steal." Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog: "'Sometimes it's just frustrating...

Stern's silence on Sterling says a lot

Donald Sterling is one of the public faces of the NBA, right? So why aren't David Stern and the players speaking out about the damage he's doing to the league's image?

Kobe leads way with 41 as Lakers outlast Rockets in OT

Kobe Bryant scored 41 points, Andrew Bynum added 17 points and 17 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers won in overtime for the second straight game, beating the Houston Rockets 103-102 on Wednesday night.

Daily Dime: Trevor Ariza vs. Ron Artest I

...floor. In the end, he was turned aside one final time in the final seconds, with Derek Fisher's strip in the waning seconds of overtime allowing L.A. to preserve a 103-102...