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		<title>By: matt.</title>
		<link>http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2008/03/14/preview-and-chat-new-orleans-hornets-2/comment-page-2/#comment-510850</link>
		<dc:creator>matt.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike in the Mountain West -- If you read down this far, next time try
http://www.janeironation.5gigs.com/cc.html

It loads fine on my Mac. You just copy/paste the link into QuickTime (you must have Flip4Mac for this to work). Janeironation works great for both live and archive.

Another one to try:
http://www.andromedanet.com/tvtuner_abc7kabc.html

Andromeda only works for me for live, not archive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike in the Mountain West &#8212; If you read down this far, next time try<br />
<a href="http://www.janeironation.5gigs.com/cc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.janeironation.5gigs.com/cc.html</a></p>
<p>It loads fine on my Mac. You just copy/paste the link into QuickTime (you must have Flip4Mac for this to work). Janeironation works great for both live and archive.</p>
<p>Another one to try:<br />
<a href="http://www.andromedanet.com/tvtuner_abc7kabc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.andromedanet.com/tvtuner_abc7kabc.html</a></p>
<p>Andromeda only works for me for live, not archive.</p>
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		<title>By: drrayeye</title>
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		<dc:creator>drrayeye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could this be the time to look into the status of Chris Mihm?</description>
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		<title>By: Karl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2008/03/14/pau-ankle-injury/

Lakers.com are reporting that Pau will be out for the remainder of the trip:

&quot;Pau Gasol was injured in the 1st Quarter of the Lakers game at New Orleans. Pau rolled his ankle and immediately left the game. X-rays were negative. The ankle sprain is severe enough that he will miss the remainder of the Lakers 4 game road trip. Pau will be re-assessed in the next few days to determine the full extent of the injury.&quot;

I&#039;m just so heart broken right now.</description>
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<p>Lakers.com are reporting that Pau will be out for the remainder of the trip:</p>
<p>&#8220;Pau Gasol was injured in the 1st Quarter of the Lakers game at New Orleans. Pau rolled his ankle and immediately left the game. X-rays were negative. The ankle sprain is severe enough that he will miss the remainder of the Lakers 4 game road trip. Pau will be re-assessed in the next few days to determine the full extent of the injury.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just so heart broken right now.</p>
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		<title>By: Warren Wee Lim</title>
		<link>http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2008/03/14/preview-and-chat-new-orleans-hornets-2/comment-page-2/#comment-509751</link>
		<dc:creator>Warren Wee Lim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If there&#039;s anything good that will come out of this most-recent setback of ours - it will be Kobe for MVP. Remember that before the game, Kobe had Pau vs Chandler in mind. When Pau went out in the 9:24 mark in the 1st, Kobe&#039;s instinct took over but he had relied on his team so much - who incidentally stunk it up. Fish was off-target and Lamar was begging for calls the whole game. Luke had a few nice stretches but that CP# guy was too quick for the Luke Waltons to cover the other men esp that Peja is 6&#039;10 himself playing the perimeter.

As for the next game, not to say I&#039;m hoping, but Pau looks unlikely to play. They would rather rest it to keep the swelling down and will probably be back within a week. By this time, the road trip would be over but we could see a totally different Kobe in these stretches. Kobe will have a different mind set on his mind and he will let the whole world know who&#039;s MVP when you&#039;re 2 seven footers are down, and you will beat the NBA&#039;s hottest team on a 21-game streak.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there&#8217;s anything good that will come out of this most-recent setback of ours &#8211; it will be Kobe for MVP. Remember that before the game, Kobe had Pau vs Chandler in mind. When Pau went out in the 9:24 mark in the 1st, Kobe&#8217;s instinct took over but he had relied on his team so much &#8211; who incidentally stunk it up. Fish was off-target and Lamar was begging for calls the whole game. Luke had a few nice stretches but that CP# guy was too quick for the Luke Waltons to cover the other men esp that Peja is 6&#8217;10 himself playing the perimeter.</p>
<p>As for the next game, not to say I&#8217;m hoping, but Pau looks unlikely to play. They would rather rest it to keep the swelling down and will probably be back within a week. By this time, the road trip would be over but we could see a totally different Kobe in these stretches. Kobe will have a different mind set on his mind and he will let the whole world know who&#8217;s MVP when you&#8217;re 2 seven footers are down, and you will beat the NBA&#8217;s hottest team on a 21-game streak.</p>
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		<title>By: tony starks</title>
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		<dc:creator>tony starks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>relax peoples. We lost on the road to avoid team. We can take a bunch of positives from this game. We played solid d the first half. This something we can take with us on the rest of the road trip. If we play solid D (which we are capable of) we can stay in each and evry one of these tough road games. Also Odom and luke had pretty good games. 

Kobe played out of his mind tell he felt the need to take over. I can&#039;t blame him to tell the truth, it felt like the game was slipping away at this point. 

And oh yeah, I&#039;m as big a laker fan as there is, but CP3 IS the MVP if you&#039;re defining MVP under the parameters of &quot;most valuable player to your team.&quot; he makes that team go. He can get to any spot on the floor he wants to. He sets up teammates with countless open looks and lobs. He&#039;s hitting wide open 3s. He can no doubt finish in the lane. The guy&#039;s a beast at the most important position on the court. Definately a joy to watch as a b-ball fan. (and yes, I know that I tend to take Kobe for granted from watching him so much)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>relax peoples. We lost on the road to avoid team. We can take a bunch of positives from this game. We played solid d the first half. This something we can take with us on the rest of the road trip. If we play solid D (which we are capable of) we can stay in each and evry one of these tough road games. Also Odom and luke had pretty good games. </p>
<p>Kobe played out of his mind tell he felt the need to take over. I can&#8217;t blame him to tell the truth, it felt like the game was slipping away at this point. </p>
<p>And oh yeah, I&#8217;m as big a laker fan as there is, but CP3 IS the MVP if you&#8217;re defining MVP under the parameters of &#8220;most valuable player to your team.&#8221; he makes that team go. He can get to any spot on the floor he wants to. He sets up teammates with countless open looks and lobs. He&#8217;s hitting wide open 3s. He can no doubt finish in the lane. The guy&#8217;s a beast at the most important position on the court. Definately a joy to watch as a b-ball fan. (and yes, I know that I tend to take Kobe for granted from watching him so much)</p>
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		<title>By: drrayeye</title>
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		<dc:creator>drrayeye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Lakers are immediately a different team without Pau Gasol.  After his injury, I think that the whole team went into shock.

During the First half, Lamar played inspirational basketball, and, along with Luke, kept the Lakers in the game--even in the lead.

Then the coaches told Lamar that the Hornets were incapable of guarding him--(how could they?)--and he (predictably) reverted to pre-Gasol.  He hoisted a total of three (count &#039;em) of his patented Oh! No! Dumb! 3 point attempts (and missed them all, of course).  He went his usual one miss, one hit on his free throws.  But the play that led Phil to call a time out in the third was one that illustrated his complete reversion.  He made a great effort to corral a rebound, then threw a hopeless length of court lob (intended for Kobe) that was picked off and turned into Hornet points.

Kobe also reverted to the Kobe of old, and the team almost looked like a Tomjanovich Laker era throwback (upcheckers paradise)--with better defense.     

Let&#039;s hope for the best rather than fear for the worst.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Lakers are immediately a different team without Pau Gasol.  After his injury, I think that the whole team went into shock.</p>
<p>During the First half, Lamar played inspirational basketball, and, along with Luke, kept the Lakers in the game&#8211;even in the lead.</p>
<p>Then the coaches told Lamar that the Hornets were incapable of guarding him&#8211;(how could they?)&#8211;and he (predictably) reverted to pre-Gasol.  He hoisted a total of three (count &#8216;em) of his patented Oh! No! Dumb! 3 point attempts (and missed them all, of course).  He went his usual one miss, one hit on his free throws.  But the play that led Phil to call a time out in the third was one that illustrated his complete reversion.  He made a great effort to corral a rebound, then threw a hopeless length of court lob (intended for Kobe) that was picked off and turned into Hornet points.</p>
<p>Kobe also reverted to the Kobe of old, and the team almost looked like a Tomjanovich Laker era throwback (upcheckers paradise)&#8211;with better defense.     </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope for the best rather than fear for the worst.</p>
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		<title>By: Lakers Bringing Fear To The NBA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lakers Bringing Fear To The NBA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#71
Totally agree with the defense. We&#039;ve allowed way too many teams to score over 100 this season. As a laker fan...&quot;We want tacos!&quot;. All im saying is try an experiment with Newble and if possible, sign him to a 10 day contract id thats still possible like i said.
Somehow, we gotta put a fire on this team to play defense. This team can definitely score, but can they defend is the question. Perhaprs Ira can bring some energy in that end of the court. Remember, he doenst have to score since this team can already do that well. 

Again, agree with you about Phil leaving Kobe on the bench. But with this being such a big game that means a lot to the western conf standings, Kobe needed to be out there to guide the team...especially when Gasol went down. 
This team lost its confidence and swagger once he left the game. 
Overall, this team needs to play smart D on the pick and roles and need to cut down there 3 pt attempts and attack the rim a lot more through drible penetrations and get easier shot opportunities.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#71<br />
Totally agree with the defense. We&#8217;ve allowed way too many teams to score over 100 this season. As a laker fan&#8230;&#8221;We want tacos!&#8221;. All im saying is try an experiment with Newble and if possible, sign him to a 10 day contract id thats still possible like i said.<br />
Somehow, we gotta put a fire on this team to play defense. This team can definitely score, but can they defend is the question. Perhaprs Ira can bring some energy in that end of the court. Remember, he doenst have to score since this team can already do that well. </p>
<p>Again, agree with you about Phil leaving Kobe on the bench. But with this being such a big game that means a lot to the western conf standings, Kobe needed to be out there to guide the team&#8230;especially when Gasol went down.<br />
This team lost its confidence and swagger once he left the game.<br />
Overall, this team needs to play smart D on the pick and roles and need to cut down there 3 pt attempts and attack the rim a lot more through drible penetrations and get easier shot opportunities.</p>
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		<title>By: hertagnism</title>
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		<dc:creator>hertagnism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@70

I disagree about adding more players, especially at this late in the season. Pau Gasol&#039;s transition into the offense was made smooth because of his high basketball IQ. I doubt Ira Newble can get a hang of it in this short span of time. The Lakers should focus the majority of their practices on defense, as that is hurting us most. 

I agree about the shot selection, especially when the Hornets went into a zone. Farmar was very timid about passing it into the middle, as was Kobe. Instead, it was settling for threes and on a night the offense wasn&#039;t clicking, it came back to hurt us. 

PJ&#039;s decision to rest Kobe during that critical stretch in the 4th quarter was a puzzler. But I&#039;m guessing he has his reasons. I think someone mentioned it best, that this Laker team has yet to develop a killer instinct, which is ironic since Kobe has been seen as the alpha killer in the league for awhile now. But the team as a collective whole does not have that mentality to &quot;rip a heart out&quot;, so to speak. That attitude is definitely needed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@70</p>
<p>I disagree about adding more players, especially at this late in the season. Pau Gasol&#8217;s transition into the offense was made smooth because of his high basketball IQ. I doubt Ira Newble can get a hang of it in this short span of time. The Lakers should focus the majority of their practices on defense, as that is hurting us most. </p>
<p>I agree about the shot selection, especially when the Hornets went into a zone. Farmar was very timid about passing it into the middle, as was Kobe. Instead, it was settling for threes and on a night the offense wasn&#8217;t clicking, it came back to hurt us. </p>
<p>PJ&#8217;s decision to rest Kobe during that critical stretch in the 4th quarter was a puzzler. But I&#8217;m guessing he has his reasons. I think someone mentioned it best, that this Laker team has yet to develop a killer instinct, which is ironic since Kobe has been seen as the alpha killer in the league for awhile now. But the team as a collective whole does not have that mentality to &#8220;rip a heart out&#8221;, so to speak. That attitude is definitely needed.</p>
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		<title>By: Lakers Bringing Fear To The NBA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lakers Bringing Fear To The NBA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well we couldnt stop chris paul tonight. He had like 16 or 17 assist today. Thats why i think we should get Ira Newble to get our defense more muscle. Plus, hes a versatile defender who can guard bigs and small. D-Fish had bad shot selection tonight. Kobe and Fisher needs to show there leadership and bring this team together even though theres a chance that Gasol is out for some games(worse case scenario is this whole road trip). Watching UCLA and USC rite now. Good game for now...though UCLA might blow it open.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well we couldnt stop chris paul tonight. He had like 16 or 17 assist today. Thats why i think we should get Ira Newble to get our defense more muscle. Plus, hes a versatile defender who can guard bigs and small. D-Fish had bad shot selection tonight. Kobe and Fisher needs to show there leadership and bring this team together even though theres a chance that Gasol is out for some games(worse case scenario is this whole road trip). Watching UCLA and USC rite now. Good game for now&#8230;though UCLA might blow it open.</p>
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		<title>By: hertagnism</title>
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		<dc:creator>hertagnism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the lakers did a pretty solid job on defense the first half and part of the 3rd quarter. When the game was blown open, it was because of the pick &amp; roll again. Late rotations, and it didn&#039;t help that Kobe was playing his half assed defense. He just didn&#039;t defend at all tonight. This led to the offense being sputtering, probably as a direct result of Gasol going down. With Gasol, the ball could go in and out and move around. Without him, Kobe went into takeover mode for a period of time which had the rest of the team standing around. 

So although Gasol&#039;s injury hurt, this was definitely a winnable game. The defense, once again, just wasn&#039;t up to par. I hope Kobe starts to practice what he preaches. I see him resorting back to 06 Kobe, the one that stays in a semi-zone semi-man. This spreads down to the rest of the team. If he&#039;s playing hard defense, the rest of the team will do as well. If he&#039;s not, then bad things happen to the team.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the lakers did a pretty solid job on defense the first half and part of the 3rd quarter. When the game was blown open, it was because of the pick &amp; roll again. Late rotations, and it didn&#8217;t help that Kobe was playing his half assed defense. He just didn&#8217;t defend at all tonight. This led to the offense being sputtering, probably as a direct result of Gasol going down. With Gasol, the ball could go in and out and move around. Without him, Kobe went into takeover mode for a period of time which had the rest of the team standing around. </p>
<p>So although Gasol&#8217;s injury hurt, this was definitely a winnable game. The defense, once again, just wasn&#8217;t up to par. I hope Kobe starts to practice what he preaches. I see him resorting back to 06 Kobe, the one that stays in a semi-zone semi-man. This spreads down to the rest of the team. If he&#8217;s playing hard defense, the rest of the team will do as well. If he&#8217;s not, then bad things happen to the team.</p>
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