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Starring Steve Blake as he returns to practice after missing a week out with the chickenpox. Somehow, I think Blake would have helped more than Pau, but that's just me.
- Lakers Practice Report: Game One Focus: The Charity Stripe - 4/18/11 | Lakers.com
- Steve Blake back at Los Angeles Lakers practice after chicken pox | ESPN Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Lakers Pau Gasol needs to heed this wake-up call | ESPN LA
- Los Angeles Lakers take in all the gory details of Game 1 | ESPN LA
- The Lakers vs. the Hornets' pick and roll -- Looking to Game 2 | ESPN LA
- Ron Artest downplays receiving few votes for defensive player of the year | LA Times
- Lakers' Blake expected to play in Game 2 | LA Times
- Lakers watch two-plus hours of Game 1 video | OC Register
- Lakers’ title chase must start with giving chase | OC Register
Much more after the jump...
Lakers.com / NBA.com
- Laker Losses in Game 1 … and Game 2 | Lakers.com
- Rose scores 36, Bulls beat Pacers 96-90 | NBA.com
- Williams' steely approach evident in Game 1 win | NBA.com
- Howard Towers Over DPOY Field, Trophy | NBA.com
- After two games, Sixers can't hold a candle to Heat | NBA.com
- Heat roll to 2-0 lead over 76ers, 94-73 | NBA.com
ESPN / ESPN LA
- Rick Adelman won't return as Houston Rockets' head coach | ESPN
- NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder's key tip-in late in victory was goaltending | ESPN
- Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic earns third defensive player of the year honor | ESPN
- Kobe Bryant challenges Pau Gasol -- Game 1 video and quotes | ESPN LA
- The effect of Steve's Blake's absence | ESPN LA
Los Angeles Times
- Lakers three-peat? It gets harder, Mark Heisler writes | LA Times
- Lakers retrench after Game 1 loss, work on ways to contain New Orleans point guard Chris Paul | LA Times
- Maybe the Lakers are just pacing themselves | LA Times
- Hornets update: Aaron Gray's ankle | LA Times
- Steve Blake handled plenty of frustration during weeklong absence from chickenpox | LA Times
- Trying to solve the mystery of Kobe Bryant's fall | LA Times
- Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian fight in second episode of reality show | LA Times
Orange County Register
- Can the Lakers bounce back? | OC Register
- Steve Blake clueless as to chickenpox origin | OC Register
- Kobe (wrongly) ahead of Artest for defensive honor | OC Register
- 106-year-old Lakers fan Charlotte Cross dies | OC Register
- Lamar Odom: ‘Good to be humbled’ | OC Register
Yahoo! Sports / FoxSports.com
- Kobe challenges Gasol after Game 1 loss | Yahoo! Sports
- NBA’s talent shines as playoffs open | Yahoo! Sports
- Hornets-Lakers Preview | Yahoo! Sports
- Pacers' Collison sprains ankle | Yahoo! Sports
- Karl wishes Seattle still had NBA team | Yahoo! Sports
- Lakers renewing focus, game plan for Game 2 | FoxSports.com
ProBasketball Talk
- NBA Playoffs: The Bulls manage to hold on | ProBasketballTalk
- Pacers Darren Collison leaves game with ankle sprain, does not return | ProBasketballTalk
- NBA Playoffs: Heat crush Sixers, leave no doubt in Game 2 | ProBasketballTalk
- Kobe Bryant starts annual playoff pushing of Pau Gasol | ProBasketballTalk
- Big Baby, Stoudemire take gentle verbal shots at each other | ProBasketballTalk
Dime Magazine / SLAM Online
- We Reminisce: White Chocolate | Dime Magazine
- The Heat Subdue The Sixers; We Wish We Could Stop Talking About Derrick Rose | Dime Magazine
- Battle: Los Angeles | SLAM Online
Blogs and Other Links
- Kobe calls out Pau following Game 1 loss to Hornets | Lakers Nation
- Steve Blake to Return to Practice Tuesday. Hopefully Game 2 Wednesday. | Lakers Nation
- Top 10 Performances In Lakers History | Lakers Nation
- Lakers Nation’s Picks Versus The Real Winners | Lakers Nation
- Shook Ankles: Chris Paul Isn’t Done Yet | Shaky Ankles
- Need THIS Gasol... | With-Malice
- Steve Blake Expected to Play in Game 2 | Lake Show Life
- Lakers panned in movie review | PE.com
Multimedia
- Video: Playoff Extra - Game 1 | Lakers.com
- Video: D-Wade crosses over Evan Turner | The Basketball Jones
- Video: T.J. Ford from way downtown | The Basketball Jones
- Daily Zap | NBA.com
- Top Five Plays | NBA.com
- NBA Backstage: The Playoffs, Part 1 | NBA.com
- Ep. 699: Same Story, Different Game | The Basketball Jones