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Los Angeles Times ( By Mark Medina ) —
Kobe Bryant says the shots 'didn't fall for me' and calls into question teammates' aggressiveness in a 103-100 Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Kobe Bryant's stoic expression spoke volumes.
OC Register (By KEVIN DING) —
LOS ANGELES – What most people fail to understand about Kobe Bryant is that when he fails, he immediately starts thinking about the quickest way he can succeed again.That's his addiction.And based on what Bryant said after the Lakers' Game 4...
Los Angeles Times ( By Sam Farmer ) —
The lanky forward forces the All-Star guard into tough shots before making two big baskets of his own, including the go-ahead three-pointer in a 103-100 victory in Game 4. Kevin Durant might be listed at 6-feet-9, but an Oklahoma City teammate called the star forward 6-10. And Lakers Coach Mike Brown went so far as to call Durant a 7-footer.
OC Register (By KEVIN DING) —
LOS ANGELES – Lakers coach Mike Brown has put it as simply as he could to his players.The team that is the most physical is going to win.He forgot to tack four words on at the end.In the fourth quarter.The Lakers wilted at the worst time in the...
Los Angeles Times ( By Ben Bolch ) —
Oklahoma City forward delivers the final blow -- a three-pointer with 13 seconds left -- in a 103-100 victory that caps a 13-point comeback in the fourth quarter and puts the Lakers on the brink of elimination. New adventures in Lakers playoff losses …
Los Angeles Times ( Bill Plaschke ) —
Oklahoma City completes a 13-point comeback in the fourth quarter when L.A. can't contain Russell Westbrook or take advantage of own opportunities in the final minutes. And so after spending a season fighting age, battling immaturity, struggling with old habits and jabbing with a new coach, the Lakers have ended up pretty much where we thought they would.
Los Angeles Daily News (jill.painter@dailynews.com (Jill Painter, Staff Columnist)) —
If that was the final Lakers game at Staples Center, fans will be replaying a nightmarish video in their heads of forward Pau Gasol throwing an errant pass across the key that got picked off by Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant.
Los Angeles Daily News (elliott.teaord@dailybreeze.com (Elliott Teaford, Staff Writer)) —
Too fast, too furious. The Lakers simply couldn't keep up. Even when they were ahead, the Lakers couldn't stick with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and they paid the price with a 103-100 loss in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal series Saturday night at Staples Center.
OC Register (By MARK WHICKER) —
LOS ANGELES – Pau Gasol was attempting to play basketball. You know, hit the open man, move the rock. That old stuff.Unfortunately for Gasol, the Lakers and the future of the Free World, the open man was Gasol himself. And Kevin Durant, all 10...
Los Angeles Daily News (editor@insidesocal.com (Elliott Teaford and Jill Painter Staff Writers)) —
The Portland Trail Blazers have not asked for permission to speak to Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak about their opening for the same position, Lakers spokesman John Black said before Game 4 on Saturday.
OC Register (By KEVIN DING) —
Lakers coach Mike Brown has put it as simply as he could to his players.The team that is the most physical is going to win.He forgot to tack four words on at the end.In the fourth quarter.The Lakers wilted at the worst time in the game and the...
OC Register (By JANIS CARR) —
LOS ANGELES – Lakers coach Mike Brown said before Game 4 that stopping Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant is nearly impossible."You're not stopping Kevin Durant," Brown said in his pregame comments to reporters Saturday.The Lakers might not be able to...
Los Angeles Times ( By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times ) —
Guard returned to Staples Center to try and help Oklahoma City knock former team, and close friend Kobe Bryant, out of the playoffs. Guard Derek Fisher, grand old man of the Oklahoma City Thunder, is the emotional rock of an otherwise young team.
Los Angeles Times ( By Ben Bolch ) —
The team's largest victories in the playoffs have come when the struggling small forward has played 10 minutes or less. Before Saturday's Game 4, Barnes was averaging 3.9 points and 3.2 rebounds. The less Matt Barnes plays in the playoffs, the better for the Lakers?
Los Angeles Times ( By Mike James ) —
Oklahoma City is having trouble penetrating the defense of the Lakers, who are leading at halftime, 56-46, by mixing their scoring with an interior and perimeter game. Lakers 56, Oklahoma City 46 (halftime)