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Article: Mavericks thump Lakers at home; Dallas 94, L.A. Lakers 80; Lakers suffer embarrassing loss.(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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Byline: Seattle Times News Services; Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- These guys are going to finish 73-9?
The same ones who stood in the center ring of a circus of miscues and missed shots Friday in an embarrassing home loss to the Dallas Mavericks?
No way, no how.
The Lakers didn't just lose to Dallas as much as destroy a seasonlong story line. And it's only their second game.
The Chicago Bulls can apparently rest easy after the Lakers' 94-80 loss. Their NBA-record 72-10 mark in the 1995-96 season looks safe, despite the fact some of the Lakers talked earlier this week about surpassing it.
The Lakers are still ...