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Steve Blake’s Injury Makes The Lakers’ Point Guard Depth Even More Perilous

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

Lakers point guard Steve Blake is out another 6-to-8 weeks because of arthroscopic surgery on a torn abdominal muscle, an announcement today that wasn’t unexpected (he hasn’t played since Nov. 11) but leaves Los Angeles treading water at the position.…

nba.com

Lakers guard Steve Blake will undergo laparoscopic surgery on Wednesday to repair a torn abdominal muscle and will miss at least six to eight weeks.

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

Lakers guard Steve Blake will undergo laproscopic surgery Wednesday to repair a torn abdominal muscle, the team announced Monday

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

After dropping a 113-103 contest on their home floor to the Orlando Magic on Sunday night, the Los Angeles Lakers now sit at 8-9, in third place in a Pacific Division they've topped for five straight seasons, and in the uncomfortable position of not kno…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

The Los Angeles Lakers' Jekyll and Hyde act continued apace this weekend, with a Friday night blitzing (17 3-pointers, 54 percent shooting, a 28-and-20 performance by Dwight Howard and 122 points) of the Denver Nuggets giving way to a Sunday night stumb…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

The Lakers sleepwalked through the fourth quarter last night, and Dwight Howard couldn’t make a free throw. Yet at this point in the game after this nasty lob from Kobe to Superman, all felt right in L.A. Now, we must ask: what’s wrong with the Lakers…

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

For the second time in five games, Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol watched the final minutes of the fourth quarter from the sidelines. Kobe Bryant says Gasol has to take it into his own hands to change that.