LAKERS REPORT
There is no specific date set for the center's return. It appears unlikely he'll be available before the start of the playoffs.
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BEHIND THE LINES
He's strongly favored by oddsmakers to beat New Orleans' Chris Paul for the NBA award. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Hornets' Paul is the other main contender, and voting could come down to the Western Conference standings. >>
PORTLAND 112, LAKERS 103
Despite Bryant's effort and Gasol's 21-point, 13-rebound night, Lakers' winning streak ends with some shaky defense against the Trail Blazers. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Jackson says game against Spurs is a longshot, but he would like the center to be ready for the playoffs. >>
A survey of basketball beat writers shows that the award is a two-man race between the Lakers and New Orleans stars >>
LAKERS REPORT
Lakers habitually struggle at Portland's arena, going 6-18 there the last 13 years, and it doesn't seem to matter whether Trail Blazers are good, bad or indifferent. >>
LAKERS 114, SACRAMENTO 92
A rare easy win in Sacramento gives Lakers a two-game division lead over Phoenix with five to play. Bryant scores 29, Radmanovic 21. >>
LAKERS REPORT
The center travels with the team for the first time since his January knee injury, prompting Jackson to take some shots while also insisting he won't be rushed back. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Forward goes to the basket and even uses his off hand to impress Jackson and spark victory over Mavericks. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
Lakers and Mavericks have to overcome injury problems if they hope to make a run in the playoffs. >>
LAKERS 112, DALLAS 108
He scores a season-high 31 points in a 112-108 victory over Mavericks. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Jackson says there's 'a very good possibility' that the center will miss the rest of the regular season. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
Chris Paul of the Hornets and Kevin Garnett of the Celtics could make it interesting. How the teams finish could be a big factor. >>
GALAXY 2, SAN JOSE 0
L.A.'s two standouts get the goals with Lakers' Bryant in attendance at the Home Depot Center for a win over San Jose. >>
LAKERS REPORT
With one big piece back in the lineup, Bryant sounds confident. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
The center's return from injury was certainly welcome, but with Bynum still out, the team has little time to pull it all together. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
The center's return allows the team to return to winning form heading into the final two weeks of the season. >>
LAKERS 104, PORTLAND 91
Center has 10 points, seven assists in first game since March 14. Bryant has 36 points and 13 rebounds. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Coach says his star player has made his teammates better. >>
LAKERS
Defenders know they can't stop Bryant, they can only hope to contain him. >>
LAKERS REPORT
High-scoring big man has been out of the lineup for nine games, with the team going 5-4 in his absence. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Jackson put them through a meditation session at Sunday's shoot-around, and that night they ended two-game skid. Coincidence? >>
LAKERS 126, WASHINGTON 120 (OT)
They struggle to beat Wizards in overtime to reach 50-win plateau for the first time since 2004. Vujacic and Walton lead the way. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
If the Lakers are fortunate, Gasol and Bynum will be back soon and they'll never have to put this lineup out there again. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Sasha Vujacic was making three-point shots again after a rough outing Friday. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Center will accompany team on upcoming trip. Gasol probably won't play Sunday. >>
MEMPHIS 114, LAKERS 111
They hoist a record 45 three-point shots and lose to lowly Grizzlies, 114-111, despite Kobe's 53. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Point guard will try to play through an injury that normally requires six to eight weeks of rest. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Technically speaking, the Lakers are in trouble, and not just because they're in a three-way logjam for second place in the Western Conference. >>
JERRY CROWE
He says Odom gives them the league's best No. 3 player. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
So, the Lakers can beat the Mavericks at Dallas, end the Utah Jazz's 19-game home winning streak at Salt Lake City, prevail in overtime at Golden State and can't beat the sagging, out-of-the-playoffs Charlotte Bobcats at home? >>
CHARLOTTE 108, LAKERS 95
They come out flat and Bryant is ejected near the end of loss to Bobcats. >>
LAKERS REPORT
With ankle not responding, he probably won't be able to play until Wednesday against the Trail Blazers. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Jackson says the center, who is recovering from a left ankle injury, won't play Wednesday against Bobcats and probably will sit out Friday's game with Memphis. >>
LAKERS 123, GOLDEN STATE 119 (OT)
One night after erasing a 26-point deficit only to lose, they make another, somewhat smaller rally and beat the Warriors in overtime, 123-119. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Veteran forward's play in the last three games has been all over the map, emblematic of his entire season. >>
CROWE'S NEST
The way Flynn Robinson sees it, the Lakers' all-time record for consecutive victories was never seriously imperiled even as the Houston Rockets bumped off foe after foe through February and into the middle of March. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
The final dagger was inserted and twisted by Warriors forward Stephen Jackson, who took advantage of two defensive lapses in the final minute to sink two three-point shots and kill the Lakers' comeback hopes. >>
GOLDEN STATE 115, LAKERS 111
L.A. erases a 26-point second-half deficit, only to fade at finish and lose to Warriors, as Jackson makes two late three-pointers. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Nowitzki's injury, and what it means to Dallas, serves as a cautionary tale to Jackson and Lakers, who have their own injury issues. >>
JERRY CROWE
UCLA's Darren Collison, often overlooked in the shadow of Kevin Love, shows his value once again. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Veteran forward, in Jackson's doghouse after snowboarding mishap last season, has made a big contribution on offense during three-game win streak. >>
LAKERS 130, SEATTLE 105
With eight players in double figures, led by Bryant with 23, they pull away from SuperSonics. >>
LAKERS REPORT
L.A. picks up some insurance inside in case Ariza can't fully return from a broken foot. >>
They end Jazz's lengthy home winning streak after not faring well last visit. Lamar Odom excels as team goes 2-2 on trip and leads the West. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Eleven of the Lakers' last 14 games are at Staples Center, and seven of the 14 are against teams that would miss playoffs if they began today, but Jackson worries about 'spoiler' teams. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Jackson may have been putting out faulty information, because center now is expected back before the playoffs. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Life without the injured Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol has often been harrowing. And there's no telling when that will change. >>
LAKERS 102, DALLAS 100
Reeling from Gasol injury and two straight losses on difficult trip, L.A. hangs on to beat Mavericks and moves back into first-place tie in West. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Jackson says Lakers are now hoping the injured center, whose initial target date was March 10, can be back for start of playoffs April 19 or 20. >>
NBA RESULTS, SCHEDULE
Detroit scores a season-high 73 points in the first half, including 63% shooting in the first quarter. >>
GAME OF THE DAY
HOUSTON -- It took the team with the NBA's best record to end the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak. >>
LAKERS REPORT
A two-game slide drops them from atop the Western Conference, but they take an upbeat approach that includes some late-night shooting to try to rebound in the final two games of trip. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Rockets' going-away, 104-92 triumph at the jubilant Toyota Center might have been the most unlikely in a winning streak that has become the second-longest in NBA history. >>
HOUSTON 104, LAKERS 92
Houston's 104-92 victory is its 22nd in a row and moves the Rockets a game ahead of the Lakers in the Western Conference. >>
LAKERS REPORT
The Lakers forward says the team didn't recognize what was working in loss to Rockets. Jackson said if he wants the ball more, he needs to ask for it. >>
MARK HEISLER / ON THE NBA
No team as modest as the Rockets ever came close to winning 21 games in a row. >>
LAKERS REPORT
Center's ankle injury probably will keep him out for rest of trip, which could hurt Lakers' position in closely contested Western Conference race. >>
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NEW ORLEANS 108, LAKERS 98
They lose Gasol because of an ankle sprain in first quarter, then lose game to Hornets to begin key trip. Center could miss two weeks. >>
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