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Sources: Los Angeles Lakers rebuffing trade inquiries for Pau Gasol

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

The Los Angeles Lakers, largely at the behest of general manager Mitch Kupchak, have rebuffed trade inquiries from at least two teams for Pau Gasol, according to sources with knowledge of the Lakers' thinking.

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

Los Angeles Lakers mega-star Kobe Bryant now has another NBA record to his name. With 1:17 left in the first half of Wednesday night's game against the New Orleans Hornets, Kobe cut through the lane and scored over center Robin Lopez to score the 30,000…

nba.com

Lakers guard Steve Blake underwent successful surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle on Wednesday.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Lakers guard Steve Blake underwent surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle on Wednesday.

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

Pau Gasol is rapidly falling out of favor in L.A. On Sunday, for the second time in a week, Gasol was benched for the last few minutes of the game, and he's growing frustrated. Kobe Bryant had a message for him: More »

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost five of their last seven games, which means they're currently in the midst of their 47th crisis of the still-young season. Their latest defeat, a 107-105 road loss to the Houston Rockets, stung quite sharply. Leading by …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Toney Douglas had a season-high 22 points and Greg Smith added a career-best 21 to help the Houston Rockets overcome a tough outing by James Harden and rally for a 107-105 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.