Few players in the NBA watch as much game film as Kobe Bryant.
"Hands down, he's the biggest video fiend we've ever had," said Chris Bodaken, the Lakers' director of video services. "I didn't know if it was possible to be more competitive than Magic was, but I think he might be. It carries over into his preparation, and this is part of that."
Bryant has increased his requests for tape since last season.
Bryant used to primarily study clips from entire games, watching them at his home or on the way to home games in his car while one of his bodyguards drove. Now his pregame routine also includes clips of individual players he will guard.
"It's a blueprint," said Bryant. "So if something goes down, it's not something you haven't seen before. Everybody's got tendencies. If he scores 40 on Monday, he's going to try to do it on Tuesday. You've got to take him out of his spots. That's the key."
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The Cavaliers' LeBron James and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant Monday were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Dec. 28.
James guided the Cavaliers to a 3-0 mark, with home wins over the Rockets, Wizards and Heat, improving Cleveland's mark at Quicken Loans Arena to 16-0, tops in the NBA. He averaged 26.0 points on 53 percent shooting, while adding 6.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists, as Cleveland improved to 26-4, the best start in franchise history.
Bryant led the Lakers to a 4-0 week, averaging 30.0 points on 54 percent shooting, to go with 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists. He tallied a game-high 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists, as the Lakers defeated Boston on Christmas Day, 92-83, snapping the Celtics' 19-game winning streak.
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Warriors' coach Don Nelson believes that the Lakers will dethrone the defending-champion Celtics this season.
"The other team that I saw that was really good was Orlando. I know what Boston is doing and what they did, but they still have two players missing from their last team that are really important to them," Nelson said.
"They either have to get those guys back or replace them with someone because I just think that the Lakers, after a year of going to the (NBA) Finals, are just ready. They know what it takes, and they are so well-coached and disciplined."
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Lakers Dec 2008 Archive
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Los Angeles Daily News | Dec 29, 2008
Chris Mihm has heard all the trade rumors involving him leaving the Lakers, but he hopes they are false.
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RealGM Staff Report | Dec 29, 2008
David West hit a jumper with two seconds left on the clock to give the Hornets a 105-103 win over the Pacers in Indiana on Sunday night.
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Mercury News | Dec 28, 2008
Derek Fisher bring a mature presence to the Lakers, and he is also a perfect fit for their triangle offense.
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Journal Times | Dec 27, 2008
It is believed that the Bucks have an offer on the table that would send guard Tyronn Lue to the Lakers for center Chris Mihm.
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ESPN | Dec 27, 2008
Marc Stein of ESPN.com is reporting that he has heard rumblings out of Los Angeles that the Lakers could trade forward Luke Walton.
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News Chief | Dec 27, 2008
The Christmas Day game between the Lakers and Celtics was the highest rated regular-season NBA game in four years.
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Boston Globe | Dec 26, 2008
Boston's Paul Pierce admitted that as a member of the Celtics, you never want to lose to the rival Lakers.
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RealGM Staff Report | Dec 26, 2008
The Lakers got exactly what they wanted from Santa Claus on Christmas, some revenge over the Celtics with a holiday win that ended the defending-champion's 19-game win streak.
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ESPN | Dec 25, 2008
The Lakers did something on Christmas that no team has been able to do since early November, beat the defending-champion Celtics.
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ESPN | Dec 25, 2008
Lakers' point guard Jordan Farmar underwent successful surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee on Wednesday and will miss approximately eight weeks of action.
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Boston Globe | Dec 24, 2008
Celtics' coach Doc Rivers was surprised earlier this season to learn that the team's Christmas Day battle with the Lakers was in Los Angeles.
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Boston Herald | Dec 24, 2008
Before the Celtics flew to Los Angeles to meet the Lakers on Christmas Day, they beat the Sixers 110-91 and were serenaded by their home crowd.
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L.A. Times | Dec 24, 2008
Jordan Farmar will undergo surgery Wednesday on his left knee.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 23, 2008
Phil Jackson sees little difference between the Lakers' trade in 2004 of Shaq and the one last season that netted Pau Gasol.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 23, 2008
With rumors swirling that Jordan Farmar could need surgery, veteran possibilities for the Lakers include Tyronn Lue and even Jannero Pargo.
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L.A. Times | Dec 23, 2008
Two L.A. based doctors have recommended that Jordan Farmar undergo surgery on his left knee.
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RealGM Staff Report | Dec 23, 2008
The Lakers narrowly escaped their trip to Memphis with a victory on Monday night. They needed some late game heroics from Kobe Bryant and tough defense to avoid an upset.
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Boston Globe | Dec 21, 2008
Paul Pierce sat down with the Boston Globe for a lengthy interview recently and commented on a number of things, including his dramatic comeback from a knee injury in Game One of the 2008 NBA Finals against the Lakers.
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ESPN | Dec 21, 2008
The Lakers will be without guard Jordan Farmar for at least two more games after he tore the meniscus in his left knee against the Heat on Friday night.
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Alan Hahn/Newsday | Dec 18, 2008
Kobe Bryant says he expects the Knicks to play an important role in the 2010 free-agency, and it isn't just because they play in the middle of Manhattan.
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L.A. Times | Dec 18, 2008
Jordan Farmar does not know what the Lakers want him to do on the court.
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New York Times | Dec 17, 2008
Lakers' coach Phil Jackson is admittedly a fan of the offense Mike D'Antoni runs in New York.
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RealGM Staff Report | Dec 17, 2008
Tracy McGrady recorded a triple-double to lead the Rockets over the red-hot Nuggets, highlighting Tuesday night's NBA action.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 16, 2008
Lakers' forward Pau Gasol was sent home and won't play in Tuesday night's game against the New York Knicks because of strep throat, according to a Lakers spokesman.
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Los Angeles Daily News | Dec 16, 2008
The Lakers are rumored to be willing to trade guard Sasha Vujacic, but that's news to him.
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New York Post | Dec 16, 2008
Despite being banned from the Knicks, Stephon Marbury is reportedly thinking about attending Tuesday night's game in Los Angeles against the Lakers as a fan.
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Los Angeles Daily News | Dec 15, 2008
Lakers' coach Phil Jackson started Luke Walton at small forward for the third consecutive game on Sunday night while sitting Vladimir Radmanovic.
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RealGM Staff Report | Dec 15, 2008
The Hornets, Grizzlies, Spurs, and Lakers were all victorious on Sunday night. For details on how each team won, and who starred, scroll below.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 12, 2008
Lakers center Andrew Bynum would like coach Phil Jackson to keep him on the floor at the end of games.
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ESPN | Dec 11, 2008
Eighteen months ago when Kobe Bryant met with Nike officials to discuss his next shoe, he had one request: build the lowest basketball shoe ever.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Dec 11, 2008
Carmelo Anthony starred on Wednesday night in Denver's win over Minnesota. The Syracuse alum scored 45 points, including an NBA-record 33 in the third quarter and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Nuggets’ victory.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 10, 2008
Suns center Shaquille O'Neal is not expected to face the Lakers on Wednesday night because of a death in his family.
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L.A. Times | Dec 10, 2008
Suns' center Shaquille O'Neal is not expected to face his former team in Los Angeles on Wednesday night because he will be attending his grandmother's funeral in New Jersey.
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Los Angeles Daily News | Dec 9, 2008
Lakers coach Phil Jackson believes that his team still has some room left for improvement despite their 17-2 record.
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Christopher Reina/RealGM | Dec 8, 2008
The Celtics have four players in RealGM's top-36.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Dec 8, 2008
Eight teams played on Sunday, with six of those clubs coming from the Eastern Conference.
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Orange County Register | Dec 8, 2008
On Sunday night the Lakers were more concerned with watching the Celtics play the Pacers than they were watching scouting footage of the Bucks.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 6, 2008
The Lakers traded Caron Butler to the Wizards for Kwame Brown a few seasons ago, a deal that appears rather lopsided right now.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 5, 2008
Kobe Bryant has won several NBA championships, including one over Larry Bird and the Pacers in 2000, but he's never gotten a chance to truly meet Bird.
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ESPN | Dec 5, 2008
Former NBA star Corie Blount has been charged with picking up eleven pounds of marijuana in southern Ohio.
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PETA.org | Dec 4, 2008
Former Dallas Cowboys' cheerleader and current scout for the Lakers, Bonnie-Jill Laflin posed nude in a new PETA ad designed to help people avoid bankrupting their health.
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Los Angeles Times | Dec 4, 2008
The Lakers are 15-2, but Phil Jackson doesn't see his team as being capable of winning 70 games.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Dec 4, 2008
Wednesday's NBA action was highlighted by the 36-point drubbing that LeBron James and the Cavaliers handed the Knicks.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Dec 3, 2008
Pacers coach Jim O'Brien, who coached his team against the Lakers and Celtics on back-to-back nights, believes that we could see a repeat of the NBA Finals next June.
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NBA.com | Dec 3, 2008
Despite a lack of success on the floor and turmoil off the court, the New York Knicks are the NBA's most valuable team for the fourth consecutive year.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Dec 3, 2008
Tuesday's NBA action was highlighted by Troy Murphy's last-second tip that gave the Pacers a stunning win over the Lakers at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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USA Today | Dec 3, 2008
Troy Murphy gave the Pacers an improbable 117-116 win over the Lakers on Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles Daily News | Dec 1, 2008
Lakers' coach Phil Jackson touched on the story of Giants' wide receiver Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg, hoping it would stress the importance of safety to the NBA's players.
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Andrew Perna/RealGM | Dec 1, 2008
Five NBA games were played on Sunday, with the Pistons hosting Greg Oden and the Blazers and the Lakers hosting Chris Bosh and the Raptors.
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