Pau Gasol

Lakers 108, Bulls 93: Pau Gasol screams*, "Hola, 2009-2010 season!" Oh, FYI. Here's a stat to think on: The Lakers have NEVER lost a regular game in which Pau Gasol and Ron Artest played as teammates. Not a typo. I checked with the eggheads...

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He has 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, a rout of the Bulls. After two setbacks and almost five weeks of limping around on the most scrutinized leg muscle of the season, Gasol returned to the Lakers, looking as if he had...

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The Lakers are starting to become whole again, the return of Pau Gasol going a long way to help them. Gasol had missed a little more than five weeks with a strained right hamstring, but he looked strong in helping the Lakers defeat the...

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...the championship. As I walked by I just pointed at him, smiled and said, "You should have never let Pau play in the European championships," to which he replied "You know I think you're right." So if he winds up injured all year he could...

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Turnabout being the essence of fair play, of course. Tuesday, I asked a sincerely innocuous question regarding Pau Gasol being potentially "gun shy" about risking re-injury to his troublesome hamstring with a return to the court. Phil...

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From left: Pau Gasol, Luke Walton and Kobe Bryant watch from the bench during the Lakers victory over Detroit on Tuesday. (John McCoy/Staff Photographer) It happens to all of us at some point, usually on a schoolyard, and usually during...

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The All-Star's hamstring has healed enough to enable him to make his season debut against the Bulls. Pau Gasol says he is ready to play Thursday night in his first meaningful Lakers game since Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 14 when the...

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Gasol, now an actor as well, feeling less pain in his hamstring. Pau Gasol, left, is expected to return Thursday against the Chicago Bulls after sitting out 11 games because of a strained right hamstring. Luke Walton will be out at least...

In this article: Phil Jackson, Luke Walton, The Lakers, Adam Morrison, Chicago Bulls, CSI: Miami, Los Angeles Times, Ron Artest, and Kobe Bryant

...one good Monday practice and a hefty dose of "suck it up" later, and Kobe's getting right back on the horse. Phil was asked if Pau Gasol's potential availability on Thursday might prompt Kobe to take Thursday off and utilize three days to...

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