Steve Nash had 23 assists and Amare Stoudemire finished with 27 points and 21 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns cruised to a 113-100 victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles.
Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 31 points and 9 assists, while Lamar Odom had 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Phoenix now leads the series 3-1 and have an opportunity to close it out at home on Wednesday.
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The Lakers are back in their series against the Suns thanks to another big game from Kobe Bryant and, believe it or not, Kwame Brown.
After falling behind by 17 points in the first quarter and drawing boos from the home crowd, the Lakers battled back and beat the Suns 95-89 Thursday night to cut Phoenix's lead to 2-1 in the first-round playoff series.
Bryant scored 15 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter, and had six rebounds and six assists. Brown added a career playoff-high 19 points and Lamar Odom had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Brown scored a total of 11 points in the first two games.
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The Lakers are a long ways away from being a championship team with the way their roster currently is constructed and Kobe Bryant knows that.
“He’s antsy,” Mitch Kupchak, the Lakers’ general manager, said. “And we recognize that we’ve got a talented and gifted guy that could get us to that level. We don’t want to waste that.”
Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum are two players with value, but officials have called them untouchable.
Attempts to acquire the Nets All-Star Jason Kidd in February reportedly failed because the Lakers refused to include Bynum.
“He’s not in our plans to trade,” Kupchak said. “It’s one of those deals where you kind of don’t know what you have. You hate to do something too soon.”
“They’ve got some decisions to make, if they want to build a contender now, or if you want to hold onto these pieces for five years from now,” Bryant said. “They got some tough choices.”
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Lakers Apr 2007 Archive
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Yahoo! | Apr 25, 2007
The Suns revved up their frenetic style to near perfection on Tuesday night in a 126-98 rout of the Lakers that put Phoenix up 2-0 in the best-of-seven first-round series.
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Los Angeles Times | Apr 23, 2007
Smush Parker met with Phil Jackson before Sunday's game to discuss his role as a reserve.
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Yahoo! | Apr 22, 2007
For a long time Sunday, the Suns couldn't make a shot and Kobe Bryant couldn't miss.
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Los Angeles Times | Apr 22, 2007
Phil Jackson is questioning the readiness of his team as they get ready to being their first round series versus Phoenix.
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Arizona Republic | Apr 22, 2007
Suns coach Mike D'Antoni continues to asnwers questions about Jack McCallum's book :07 Seconds or Less.
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Los Angeles Times | Apr 20, 2007
The Suns reportedly do not think much of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Los Angeles Times | Apr 17, 2007
General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Coach Phil Jackson spoke to about 900 season-ticket holders Monday night at the team's annual "town-hall meeting.
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Yahoo! | Apr 16, 2007
Kobe Bryant finished with 50 points on 18-of-25 shooting Sunday night to carry the Lakers to a 109-98 victory over Seattle that clinched a playoff spot for Los Angeles.
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Riverside Press-Enterprise | Apr 15, 2007
When Phil Jackson met with Lakers owner Jerry Buss and his son, Jim Buss who is also the team's vice president of player personnel, and General Manager Mitch Kupchak last month, they all agreed that Jackson's agent would sit down to talk about a contract extension.
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L.A. Times | Apr 14, 2007
Despite the chaos surrounding the Lakers' recent free fall, time slowed down for a day and an eye turned toward the future when the Lakers began contract-extension negotiations this week with Coach Phil Jackson.
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Yahoo! | Apr 13, 2007
Corey Maggette scored a career-high 39 points, Elton Brand added 32, and the Clippers rallied to beat the Lakers 118-110 Thursday night despite Kobe Bryant's 50 points.
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Press Release | Apr 12, 2007
The Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League have been reassigned guard Jordan Farmar for the third time this season from their NBA affiliate, the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Hollyscoop | Apr 12, 2007
A Lakers' spokesman said Luke Walton is not dating Britney Spears because “Luke has a girlfriend.”
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Yahoo! | Apr 8, 2007
Raja Bell has been playing long enough to know how rapidly things can change for an outside shooter.
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ESPN | Apr 7, 2007
Kobe Bryant hitting big shots and nearly finding the 50-point mark wasn't surprising.
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L.A. Times | Apr 6, 2007
"I gave up trying to read that man a long time ago," said Smush Parker, referring to head coach Phil Jackson.
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Globe And Mail | Apr 4, 2007
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant was fired by the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday and replaced him with former coach Michael Cooper, who led the team to WNBA titles in 2001 and 2002.
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AP | Apr 3, 2007
The Nuggets played the Lakers on Tuesday night without coach George Karl, whose son underwent surgery for the removal of cancerous lymph nodes a day earlier.
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Los Angeles Times | Apr 3, 2007
Luke Walton will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, but he doesn't want to think about leaving Los Angeles.
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RealGM | Apr 2, 2007
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named today as the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Month for games played in the month of March.
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Press Release | Apr 2, 2007
Phil Jackson, who led the Lakers and Bulls to a record nine NBA titles, the 1966 NCAA Champions from Texas Western, University of North Carolina Coach Roy Williams, four time WNBA Championship coach Van Chancellor, referee Mendy Rudolph and international coaches Fedro Ferrandiz and Mirko Novosel were announced on Monday as the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007.
