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NBA - Los Angeles Lakers left wanting more after loss to Miami Heat

J.A. Adande, ESPN.com

The champs get it done with "less," but the Lakers need more from everyone, writes J.A. Adande.

purpleandgoldblog.com

Thanks to Kobe Bryant's renewed commitment on defense, the Lakers (17-21) have been playing their best defense as a team the last 2 games, which coincedentally turned into 2 straight wins. A sign of good things to come for the Lakers? It better. Despite…

purpleandgoldblog.com

Thanks to Kobe Bryant's renewed commitment on defense, the Lakers (17-21) have been playing their best defense as a team the last 2 games, which coincedentally turned into 2 straight wins. A sign of good things to come for the Lakers? It better. Despite…

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant has been a part of the NBA for 17 seasons. During that time, he's seen several different eras, from the end of Michael Jordan's dominance to the recent ascendance of LeBron James and Kevin Durant. The only constant, r…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Pau Gasol will return to the Los Angeles Lakers' lineup for the team's nationally televised Thursday game against the defending NBA champion Miami Heat after missing five games with a concussion brought on by an inadvertent elbow from Denver Nuggets cen…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Kobe Bryant made the All-Defensive second team last season. Let that sink in a bit. The guy who has been dragging his leg around for three years, the man who had to have his knee drained several times a season, was selected by coaches as one of the four…

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

The Heat got off to a slow start in LeBron's first season in Miami two years ago.

CNNSI.com

In the Rivers' first father-son meeting, Austin got the best of Doc in the Hornets' 90-78 win. But the emotional night, years in the making, was about much more, says Ian Thomsen.