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Lowe: How LeBron set the tone for the Lakers' domination
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Saturday, 03 October 2020 08:10
Before the Los Angeles Lakers' first official training camp practice, Frank Vogel and his staff gathered the team in their film room for a PowerPoint presentation on what their defense would look like.Vogel wanted them to be the league's most physical team -- echoes of the "smashmouth basketball" vision that guided his Indiana Pacers teams. Every opponent shot was an…
Spoelstra, Butler: Heat can rally from 0-2 hole
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Saturday, 03 October 2020 01:07
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Despite staring at a 2-0 hole after being dominated by the Los Angeles Lakers for most of Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat are holding on to a belief that they can find a way to win. Sure, they played Friday's game without one of the team's leading postseason scorers in Goran…
LeBron, AD reach Shaq-Kobe heights in G2 win
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Saturday, 03 October 2020 01:07
LeBron James has never seen a more "dominant duo" than Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.But nearly two decades after Shaq and Kobe dominated the early 2000s with their three consecutive titles, the Los Angeles Lakers might have the closest thing to that legendary tandem. James and Anthony Davis dominated the Miami Heat for a second consecutive game, becoming the first…
Kobe Bryant prepped Anthony Davis for this moment long ago
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Saturday, 03 October 2020 00:42
Long before Kobe Bryant grudgingly attended the Los Angeles Lakers' free-agent pitch meetings for Dwight Howard in 2013 and LaMarcus Aldridge in 2014, he identified a rare talent who could eventually want to inherit the mantle Bryant left with the franchise.Bryant was the elder statesman on the 2012 Olympic team that won a gold medal in London. Anthony Davis was…
Silver: Unlikely we'd stop '21 season for Olympics
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Friday, 02 October 2020 20:52
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Friday night it is unlikely the league will take a break next summer for the Olympic Games, a decision that could dramatically affect the tournament if it is able to be played."We'll consider it. I think it's unlikely, at the end of the day, that, if we start late, we…
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