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Gasol injured, will miss at least three games for Lakers

By Joe Zedalis

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Pau Gasol is out for at least the next three games because of a sprained left ankle, joining Andrew Bynum (knee) and Chris Mihm (ankle) on an ever-growing injury report the Los Angeles Times reported.

"We'll have to play a different style of basketball," Coach Phil Jackson said.

Gasol was hurt when he came down on Vladimir Radmanovic's foot with about 9 minutes 30 seconds left in the first quarter of the Lakers' 108-98 loss Friday to New Orleans. A definite timetable will be established today after Gasol undergoes an MRI exam. With Bynum not expected back until at least the second week of April, the Lakers will be razor-thin in the middle. Mihm might begin practicing with the team after it returns next week from its four-game trip.

Source: Los Angeles TimesNew Window

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  1. bobby
    1. Posted by bobby Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:15 pm EDT

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    its time for kobe to take that surgery on his pinkie cuz now the lakers won't even make the playoffs not that they had a chance of making it out of the first round anyway.
  2. Qwee R
    2. Posted by Qwee R Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:25 pm EDT

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    time for kobe an lamar to step it up
  3. Qwee R
    3. Posted by Qwee R Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:25 pm EDT

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    time for kobe an lamar to step it up
  4. ralf
    4. Posted by ralf Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:28 pm EDT

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    time for the lakers to sign me up
    im 5'9" guy and a good post player!
    my presence is dominating in middle school games!
  5. That's it!
    5. Posted by That's it! Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:02 pm EDT

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    Oh My God!!!!
    Still 17 games left and I think, Lakers aren't safe to clinch a playoff berth.
    So, where are th Laker Fanatics right now??? lol
    Very quiet right now? lmao
  6. heyma777
    6. Posted by heyma777 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:18 pm EDT

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    Nobody is safe in the west to clinch a playoff berth.
  7. rlong70sav
    7. Posted by rlong70sav Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:43 pm EDT

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    Everybody is forgetting that the lakers really dont even need the other 4 guys on the court. Kobe Bryant can just take on a whole team. Im not a lakers fan at all but im pretty sure they will be fine. Its only three games that Gasol is missing. The race is tight in the west but im pretty sure they can still clinch a birth.
  8. Klorcs P
    8. Posted by Klorcs P Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    @All net
    what a stupid prediction. maybe your team is charlotte bobcats?
    @bobby
    ye, you wish kobe "the greatest player in the planet" will sit, so your team can make it to the finals. but i'm sorry, their injuries are not for long. so pray for your team to make it to the playoffs, ok?
    @Barkley
    ye, im a lakers fanatics, r u barkley fanatics? the greatest loser? hehehe
  9. Ajay Martinez
    9. Posted by Ajay Martinez Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    I am now starting to think that mister Vlad is a freakin spy.He's a JINX, and I think he's been paid to do damage within the Lakers team!!!lmao....Go lakers!!!
  10. erhyk
    10. Posted by erhyk Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:55 pm EDT

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    definitely lakers will make it to the playoff...GO PAQUIAO!!!
  11. andrew t
    11. Posted by andrew t Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:19 pm EDT

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    no problem that gasol is out for a little while, just substitute in the caveman from the geico commercials, nobody can tell the difference.
  12. SINGH
    12. Posted by SINGH Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:16 pm EDT

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    dammm why lakers always have bad luck (why the lakers player getting injured)
  13. Tand T
    13. Posted by Tand T Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:14 pm EDT

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    Love the new lakers name l.a fakers and kobe the fakers they cant run no defense chris paul out played the great kobe fakers fakers are going down big time over -rated fakers
  14. thegr8one
    14. Posted by thegr8one Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:55 pm EDT

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    Nice... Break a leg Pau
  15. Klorcs P
    15. Posted by Klorcs P Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    @T and T
    lakers new name? you know your name here in philippines? T and T or TT, that is your d*ck. s*ck it man! hehehe
  16. Howard M
    16. Posted by Howard M Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:21 pm EDT

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    Whom will I play at center in my fantasy league ? The LAKER fan has a built in excuse when they go 1 - 3 on this road trip , at best . It's a tough stretch with the hot hot Rockets next !!!
  17. Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!)
    17. Posted by Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    #7 get a life, and #19 doesnt know s h i t about laker ball, so stop talking trash and face reailty
  18. Sasha 0-5
    18. Posted by Sasha 0-5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

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    TEXAS-WAY Do you ever stop making idiotic remarks???
    The Lakers will be missing their starting center, power forward and a great perimeter defender in Ariza, so their won't be any excuses... it's a fact you DULLARD!!! Take 3 top players off any team and see how good they are.
    You are a class act, celebrating injuries to a rival. Cow-tipping moron!!!
  19. Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!)
    19. Posted by Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    and 22 and 23, you'll be sorry when we win the next three without gasol. its possible...if rockets are winning without yao ming, then why cant the lakers win without gasol??? seems obvious...
  20. Anton
    20. Posted by Anton Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:48 pm EDT

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    For Houston, this has to be fate because in the playoffs Gasol won't be injured and we'll have to see then what the Rockets are really like.
  21. Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!)
    21. Posted by Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    ok texas-hick, that was like the last two/three minutes of the game when we just didnt care...we always have a new plan going into the next game. so you texs-hick and "ALL" laker haters out there, stop talking all this happy horse s h i t, and man up. you ppl would probably be scared to say you're s h i t in front of any laker fan
  22. Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!)
    22. Posted by Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    worst comeback ever...moron LMAFO my god. another example of having no class...for any team member on a team thats hurt.
  23. Sasha 0-5
    23. Posted by Sasha 0-5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

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    TEXAS-COW-TIPPER You don't see anybody else celebrating injuries to a rival. Don't you have to go and milk a bull or something?
  24. Howard M
    24. Posted by Howard M Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:21 pm EDT

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    Hey I love , many lakers from the past .WEST ,JABBAR . BAYLOR ,CHAMBERLIN .WORTHY .WILKES .SCOTT FISHER ,ONEAL. I'M JUST NOT A FAN of Bryant ,and Phillip gives me the willies ! I LOVE THE WEST !!
  25. Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!)
    25. Posted by Kyle in Lodi (Just another Laker year!) Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    wannabe hick....you dont scare me. in fact you wouldnt have the balls to talk your trash to my face. in fact this gasol being out for three games..its not so bad, its not like its season ending surgery. lots of games to play left. plenty of time. the west wont even be decided until the last day of the season.

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