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By Jeff Little Los Angeles: FS West (Joel Myers & Stu Lantz)New Jersey: YESN (Marv Albert & Mike Fratello) Radio - Los Angeles: 710 ESPN (Spero Dedes & Mychal Thompson)New Jersey: WFAN 660 (Chris Carrino & Tim Capstraw) Injuries - Lakers: Luke Walton (Back) Nets:

By Jeff Little Lakers: Luke Walton (Back) Bulls: TLN’s Game Preview: Lakers @ BullsTLN’s Post-Game Report: Lakers vs. BullsTLN’s Post-Game Report: Lakers vs. Bulls The Lakers are back at the Staples Center hosting the Chicago Bulls in the third of a five-game home stand.

By Jaime Quintanilla Lakers Basketblog: Luke Walton underwent a facet rhizotomy – a procedure designed to shut off pain signals that nerves send to the brain through a needle injection into the back – on Thursday morning performed by Dr. Michael Port. Click here to read Luke Walton’s initial reaction to the sur...

By Chris Manning PE.com: As soon as the Lakers learned Luke Walton would miss at least six weeks as a result of a pinched nerve in his back, they immediately began looking into bolstering the depth of their depleted front court. Tony Gaffney has been signed to the Lakers SPL teamLakers waive Tony Gaffney; ros...

Injured forward says his hamstring feels better and he could play Thursday. Kobe Bryant appears OK, but Luke Walton is out at least six weeks. L.A. looks to end two-game skid Tuesday against Detroit. Injured forward says his hamstring feels better and he could play Thursday. Kobe Bryant appear...

By kambrothers Today's practice centered mostly around learning injury statuses for various players, a task that later received a surprise goosing with news that Luke Walton is expected to miss a minimum of six weeks with a pinched nerve in his back. A very unwelcome whammy, as the injury bug has made its...

By kambrothers Today's practice centered mostly around learning injury statuses for various players, a task that later received a surprise goosing with news that Luke Walton is expected to miss a minimum of six weeks with a pinched nerve in his back. A very unwelcome whammy, as the injury bug has made its...

By kambrothers Word just arrived from the Lakers' Media Relations Department. Luke Walton, who missed last night's game against Houston with a back injury, met with a specialist and was diagnosed with a pinched nerve. The injury is expected to sideline him for at least six weeks. Given how the mere mention...

By kambrothers Word just arrived from the Lakers' PR Department. Luke Walton, who missed last night's game against Houston with a back injury, met with a specialist and was diagnosed with a pinched nerve. The injury is expected to sideline him for at least six weeks. Given how the mere mention of Walton's na...

His injury is likely to give reserve forward Josh Powell additional playing time.

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By J.E. Skeets This team's starting lineup includes Andrew Bynum(notes), Pau Gasol(notes), Ron Artest, Kobe Bryant, and Derek Fisher. Lamar Odom(notes), Luke Walton(notes), and Jordan Farmar come off the bench. Phil Jackson even coaches the outfit.

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) Reasons to mope: The Lakers do not have much to mope about--particularly if they stay healthy--but it should be emphasized that they are not as deep as some people think. The Lakers regular starting five is talented--though not more so than Boston's Hall of Fame-stacked crew or San Antonio's trio of All-Star regulars (Manu Ginobili may not start but he is certainly part of their crunchtime lineup)--but Andrew Bynum is injury prone and inconsistent and Derek Fisher is slowing down. Also, the Lakers' bench--specifically Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic and Luke Walton--did not perform well last year; in the playoffs, Jackson often had to go with a six man rotation with Bynum starting but only playing nominal minutes before Odom took his pl...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) It will be interesting to see how the rest of this series plays out. The Nuggets only won four more regular season games this season than they did last season but they moved up from the eighth seed to the second seed as injuries brought down teams like the Spurs, Hornets, Jazz, Suns and Mavericks; that enabled the Nuggets to earn homecourt advantage and have the opportunity to avoid playing the Lakers until the Conference Finals after being swept by the Lakers in the first round last year. It is evident that the Lakers are not as deep this year as they were last year--bench players Sasha Vujacic, Jordan Farmar and Luke Walton have all been noticeably less productive. Perhaps the Nuggets will win game four and extend this series to at least six gam...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Odom played consistently well in the first round but that most likely means that he is due to have a five point, two rebound disappearing act soon. You will probably hear a lot about the Lakers' supposedly superior depth. Even if Bynum plays well--which I expect him to do but this is far from certain--the Lakers' current rotation is hardly deep: based on minutes played versus the Jazz, their sixth man is Shannon Brown. While Brown played well in that series, the Lakers got very little production out of players seven through 11--and Luke Walton may be out for the rest of the postseason. The Rockets used a solid eight man rotation in their first round series versus Portland, though Kyle Lowery did not shoot very well. The Lakers' advantage in this s...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) 1) The Cavs have at least 12 players who are fully capable of competently playing at least 15 minutes; their 12th man (in terms of minutes played in the first round sweep of Detroit) is Sasha Pavlovic, who started for the Cavs in the 2007 NBA Finals; the Lakers did not even use 12 players in the first round but their 11th man (Jordan Farmar) has been very inconsistent this season, their 10th man (Josh Powell) is a career journeyman, their ninth man (Luke Walton) may miss the rest of the playoffs due to a foot injury, their eighth man (Andrew Bynum) is struggling to regain his form after coming back from a knee injury and their seventh man (Sasha Vujacic) shot .207 from the field (that is not a misprint) versus Utah. Yes, that's right, the so-called d...   [read the full post]

Lakers Forward Luke Walton speaks with Money before the Lakers face the Spurs!

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By theassociation Radmanovic continues his Luke Walton impression: Vladi Radmanovic, meet bench! I'm reading that PJ never mentioned to Vladi that he's getting relegated to the best seats in the house. Has he not watched tape of his game? Maybe PJ's finally tired of the mental mistakes or maybe PJ's sendin...

By Tom Ziller No matter if Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza, Luke Walton or Vlad Radmanovic start the small forward, Bynum combines with Pau Gasol to create one of the best rebounding lines in the NBA. All those problems competing on the glass against Boston? Gone, just because of Bynum's presence (and its bump...

By Eddie Johnson LAKERS WIN IF… 5. The Lakers bench, led by Luke Walton, Jordan Farmar and Sasha Vujacic, continue to dominate in the middle quarters when Kobe is resting. Phil Jackson is counting on this unit to win the plus-minus against Boston’s bench, which has been up and down. CELTICS WIN IF… 

By David Friedman(noreply@blogger.com) NBA Finals The first meeting was a 107-94 home win for Boston on November 23, 2007. That was the 12th game of the season for the Lakers (7-5) and the 11th game for the Celtics (10-1). Andrew Bynum--who is course out of action now due to a knee injury--had just moved into the starting lineup for the Lakers and he finished with four points on 2-7 shooting plus nine rebounds. Lamar Odom also shot 2-7 from the field. The Lakers were still putting their rotation together, as Ronny Turiaf started while Luke Walton and Vladimir Radmanovic came off of the bench. Bryant had a slightly subpar game, 28 points on 9-21 shooting plus four rebounds and three assists. This was the third game in four nights for the Lakers, all on the road. The Celtics had been home since a...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman Bryant sat out the first 6:09 of the second quarter and Denver pushed the lead to as much as 38-21. TNT's Doug Collins talked about how Kwame Brown's injury has had a domino effect, moving Andrew Bynum (12 points, 13 rebounds) into the starting lineup and upsetting the chemistry of the bench. Collins has a point but would a truly good team be that dependent on the contributions of a career journeyman like Brown? The answer to that question is obviously, "No." Bynum is an improving player but he is still inconsistent. Take a good look at the Lakers' top six players other than Bryant in terms of minutes played per game: Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, Andrew Bynum, Luke Walton, Jordan Farmar, Vladimir Radmanovic. How many of those guys would be a top seven...   [read the full post]