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Kobe hangs 40 but Clippers drown hapless Lakers

CNNSI.com

The new-look Lakers might have some kinks to work out. Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, but the Clippers stifled the Lake Show to its first 0-3 start since 1978 with a 105-95 victory.

Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com

LOS ANGELES -- In the fall of 1978, Jack Kent Cooke owned the Lakers, Jerry West coached them, and Kobe Bryant was a newborn. They began the season on a road trip back east, with losses at Philadelphia, New Jersey and Cleveland, the last two by only a b…