Article: Bask: Lakers lead NBA's Wild West as playoff chase begins


AAP Sports News (Australia)
04-18-2008
Bask: Lakers lead NBA's Wild West as playoff chase begins

By Jim Slater

WASHINGTON, April 17 AFP - Kobe Bryant was talking about leaving the Los Angeles Lakers
six months ago.

Now he's talking about taking them to a 15th National Basketball Association title.

Thanks to 28.3 points a game from Bryant and a mid-season trade for Spanish star Pau
Gasol, the Lakers captured the Western Conference regular-season title in a six-team fight
for the crown that lasted into the season's final week.

Eastern Conference champion Boston and runner-up Detroit had the NBA's best records,
but nine of the next 10 winningest teams were from the Wild West and they ...

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