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Buss' legacy is creating team all of L.A. could love

...felt that watching the Lakers was like watching his...games. If you were a Laker, any kind of Laker, you held a piece of...a guy who brought the Laker Girls to the court while...the presidency of the Lakers' billion-dollar business...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-02-19/buss-legacy-creating-team-all-la-could
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Jerry Buss, Lakers' flamboyant owner, dies at 80

...lifelong bonds with Buss during the Lakers' run to five titles in nine years in the 1980s, when the Lakers earned a reputation as basketball's...Forum, where Buss used the Laker Girls, a brass band and promotions...from 2000-02, rekindling the Lakers' mystique, before Bryant and...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-02-19/jerry-buss-lakers-flamboyant-owner-die
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Lakers beat Knicks 100-94 to get to .500

...pieces of the puzzle that have been the Lakers' confounding season so far are starting...holiday doubleheader at Staples Center.The Lakers improved to 14-14 - 9-9 under new...seven points and Smith had five as the Lakers' defense clamped down. World Peace fouled...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-12-26/lakers-beat-knicks-100-94-get-500
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Covering these Lakers is a gushy assignment

...everybody now. There were Los Angeles Lakers hugs all around, with fans at Staples...team in the NBA below 100 points.The Lakers not only bring back excitement to Staples...restarts to count, finally confirmation the Lakers might have something going.How about...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-01-29/covering-these-lakers-gushy-assignment
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NBA to resume, with Lakers in funk and Heat on top

...AP) - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers turned their attention Monday from bad...and finally Bryant and Pau Gasol, the Lakers won 10 titles under since Buss became...wasn't working nearly as well.The Lakers are 25-29, currently in 10th place...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-02-19/nba-resume-lakers-funk-and-heat-top
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NBA Playoff Shorts

Ginobili, Parker lead Spurs past Lakers 91-79 in Game 1 SAN ANTONIO - Manu Ginobili...playoff opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.Ginobili and Tony Parker scored 18 points...early in the first quarter and beat the Lakers 91-79 on Sunday."It was great to...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-22/nba-playoff-shorts
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Warriors beat Spurs 97-87 in OT, even series 2-2

...brink of something big.The Warriors hadn't won two games beyond the first round since 1977, when they pulled even with the Lakers in the conference semifinals through four games before losing in seven.This time, all the odds seemed against them again...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-05-13/warriors-beat-spurs-97-87-ot-even-seri
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Mike D'Antoni's likable enough; time will tell if he's good enough

...the right choice to coach the Lakers.But I can tell you in the...really close friends who are Laker fans," D'Antoni says...likely Sunday - to make his Lakers coaching debut."It depends...he gets a phone call from the Lakers. Leave it to Jim Buss, as...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-11-14/mike-dantonis-likable-enough-time-will
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Lakers intrigued by chance to play for D'Antoni

...able to come back to the Lakers on Monday with his decision...groundswell of support from the Laker fans who endorsed my...the possibility."The Lakers largely echoed the thoughts...it should be fun for Laker fans."The rest of...back and watched the Lakers' drama with amusement...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-11-13/lakers-intrigued-chance-play-dantoni
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A Lakers- Clippers matchup that's loaded with meaning early on

...a win doesn't fire up the Lakers, if two high-turnover, low-defensive-quotient...and more out of place.If the Lakers emerge from their defensive...Ronny Turiaf, another former Laker. "It's a team that's really...lacks a dominant team as the Lakers find their footing and the suddenly...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-11-02/lakers-clippers-matchup-thats-loaded-m
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