Los Angeles Lakers @ Portland T - Blazers, Game#59, on kcal
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:10 pm
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Los Angeles Lakers“41 – 17” @ Portland Blazers“30 – 28”
Friday, Feb 29, 7 : 30 pm( Pacific Time ), 10 : 30 pm ET
vs. Trail Blazers
TV : KCAL HD, NBALP
Radio : KLAC, KWKW
Arena :
– Rose Garden, Oregon
”Los Angeles Lakers Starting Lineup”
Point Guard
Derek Fisher #2
Born: 9-ago-1974
Height: 6-1 / 1,85
Weight: 210 lbs. / 95,3 kg.
College : Arkansas - Little Rock
Years Pro: 11
• 12.1 Points Per Game
• 2.2 Rebounds Per Game
• 2.8 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 27.0
Shooting Guard
Kobe Bryant #24
Born: 23.08.1978
Height: 6-6 / 1,98
Weight: 205 lbs. / 93,0 kg.
College: Lower Merion HS (PA)
Years Pro: 11
• 27.7 Points Per Game
• 6.0 Rebounds Per Game
• 5.4 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 38.1
Small Forward
Luke Walton #4
Born: 28.03.1980
Height: 6-8 / 2,03
Weight: 235 lbs. / 106,6 kg.
College: Arizona
Years Pro: 4
• 6.7 Points Per Game
• 3.8 Rebounds Per Game
• 3.0 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 24.3
Power Forward
Lamar Odom #7
Born: 06.11.1979
Height: 6-10 / 2,08
Weight: 230 lbs. / 104,3 kg.
College: Rhode Island
Years Pro: 8
• 13.5 Points Per Game
• 10.0 Rebounds Per Game
• 3.4 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 36.9
Center
Pau Gasol #16
Born: 6.7.1980
Height: 7-0 / 2,13
Weight: 260 lbs. / 117,9 kg.
From: Spain
Years Pro: 6
• 20.7 Points Per Game
• 7.7 Rebounds Per Game
• 2.7 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 34.7
Key Bench Players
Ronny Turiaf #21
Born: 13.01.1983
Height: 6-10 / 2,08
Weight: 250 lbs. / 113,4 kg.
College: Gonzaga
Years Pro: 2
• 6.6 Points Per Game
• 1.3 Assists Per Game
• 3.8 Rebounds Per Game
• MPG – 17.7
Jordan Farmar #5
Born: 30.11.1986
Height: 6-2 / 1,88
Weight: 180 lbs. / 81,6 kg.
College: UCLA
Years Pro: 1
• 9.7 Points Per Game
• 2.7 Assists Per Game
• 2.3 Rebounds Per Game
• MPG – 21.0
Sasha “The Machine” Vujacic #18
Born: 8.3.1984
Height: 6-7 / 2,01
Weight: 205 lbs. / 93,0 kg.
From: Slovenia
Years Pro: 3
• 8.3 Points Per Game
• 1.7 Rebounds Per Game
• 16.3 Minutes Per Game
”Portland Trail Blazers Starting Lineup”
Point Guard
Steve Blake #2
Born: 26.02.1980
Height: 6-3 / 1,91
Weight: 172 lbs. / 78,0 kg.
College: Maryland
Years Pro: 4
• 7.8 Points Per Game
• 4.6 Assists Per Game
• 2.5 Rebounds Per Game
• MPG – 28.9
Shooting Guard
Martell Webster #8
Born: 04.12.1986
Height: 6-7 / 2,01
Weight: 229 lbs. / 103,9 kg.
High School: Seattle Prep HS (WA)
Years Pro: 2
• 10.5 Points Per Game
• 4.0 Rebounds Per Game
• 1.2 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 28.8
Small Forward
Travis Outlaw #25
Born: 1984-09-18
Height: 6-9 / 2,06
Weight: 215 lbs. / 97,5 kg.
High School: Starkville HS (MS)
Years Pro: 4
• 13.5 Points Per Game
• 1.3 Assists Per Game
• 4.8 Rebounds Per Game
• MPG – 26.8
Power Forward
LaMarcus Aldridge #12
Born: 19.07.1985
Height: 6-11 / 2,11
Weight: 245 lbs. / 111,1 kg.
College: Texas
Years Pro: 1
• 16.9 Points Per Game
• 7.3 Rebounds Per Game
• 1.4 Blocks Per Game
• MPG – 34.4
Center
Joel Przybila #10
Born: 10.10.1979
Height: 7-1 / 2,16
Weight: 255 lbs. / 115,7 kg.
College: Minnesota
Years Pro: 7
• 4.7 Points Per Game
• 7.4 Rebounds Per Game
• 1.2 Blocks Per Game
• MPG – 21.8
Key Bench Players
Jarret Jack #1
Born: 28.10.1983
Height: 6-3 / 1,91
Weight: 197 lbs. / 89,4 kg.
College: Georgia Tech
Years Pro: 2
• 9.7 Points Per Game
• 2.9 Rebounds Per Game
• 3.9 Assists Per Game
• MPG – 27.4
Channing Frye #44
Born: 17.05.1983
Height: 6-11 / 2,11
Weight: 248 lbs. / 112,5 kg.
College: Arizona
Years Pro: 2
• 6.4 Points Per Game
• 4.2 Rebounds Per Game
• MPG – 17.1
The Deep Bench
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* DJ Mbenga #28 * C. Karl #11 *
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* R. LaFrentz #9 * S. Rodriguez #11 * V. Wafer #21 * J. McRoberts #4 *
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”The Main Matchup”
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=-=-=-> Lamar Odom Vs. LaMarcus Aldridge <-=-=-=
Keys to beat the Trail Blazers :
• The same…
• Defense…executing
• Spread their defense
• Pick&rolls and ball movement. Just continue doing the same thing, executing and keep the momentum.
Bryant is smiling again and the Lakers are contenders
Friday, February 29, 2008
GEOFFREY C. ARNOLD
The Oregonian Staff
Kobe Bryant's scowl of last summer has been replaced by a smile befitting an early spring.
Rarely has a team's -- or a star player's -- outlook changed as much after the start of the season as it has for Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
When the Lakers played their first game Nov. 2, Bryant was brooding because he was still in Los Angeles and the team hadn't acquired another star to help him win. Almost four months later, as the Lakers make their first Portland appearance of the season, the star guard has many reasons to grin.
Beat L.A.? Won’t be easy from now on
Tonight in the Rose Garden, you’ll see a preview of what’s possibly going to be the Next Big Thing in the NBA, as soon as Greg Oden gets into the lineup.
Over the next several seasons, you can forget about Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix and Houston – the Portland Trail Blazers vs. the Los Angeles Lakers is what it’s going to be all about.
No return date yet for Bynum
The center is beginning a second week of jogging in a therapeutic pool in his recovery from a dislocated kneecap. He probably won't play until late March or early April.
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 29, 2008
Andrew Bynum began his second week of jogging in a therapeutic pool, although there still wasn't a specific target date for his return.
He hasn't started jogging on a treadmill, the next step in his rehabilitation, making a late March or early April return date more likely.
The Lakers, however, were not concerned with Bynum's overall progress.
Go Lakers !!!
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