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Lakers need big changes (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7958280/los-angeles-lakers-need-make-big-changes)
Updated: May 22, 2012, 2:05 PM ET
By Dave McMenamin | ESPNLosAngeles.com
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol played what very well could be the last minutes of their Los Angeles Lakers career together yelling at one another. Both players let their exasperation get the best of them, as they couldn't even execute a simple pick-and-roll together, while the Oklahoma City Thunder were rubbing it in their faces by getting whatever they wanted on offense on the other end.
The shouts between Bryant and Gasol weren't as loud as the delirious din coming down from the Oklahoma City rafters as fans saw their Thunder team full of 20-somethings grow up before their very eyes, but they were just as significant an indicator about the state of the Lakers' franchise.
From almost being traded in the failed Chris Paul deal, to having to adjust to Mike Brown's system, Pau Gasol might be in flux once again.
Things are broken. That's blatantly evident after the Lakers' 106-90 Game 5 loss to the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals Monday, knocking L.A. out of the postseason in the second round for the second straight season.
It's time to fix them.
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Updated: May 22, 2012, 2:05 PM ET
By Dave McMenamin | ESPNLosAngeles.com
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol played what very well could be the last minutes of their Los Angeles Lakers career together yelling at one another. Both players let their exasperation get the best of them, as they couldn't even execute a simple pick-and-roll together, while the Oklahoma City Thunder were rubbing it in their faces by getting whatever they wanted on offense on the other end.
The shouts between Bryant and Gasol weren't as loud as the delirious din coming down from the Oklahoma City rafters as fans saw their Thunder team full of 20-somethings grow up before their very eyes, but they were just as significant an indicator about the state of the Lakers' franchise.
From almost being traded in the failed Chris Paul deal, to having to adjust to Mike Brown's system, Pau Gasol might be in flux once again.
Things are broken. That's blatantly evident after the Lakers' 106-90 Game 5 loss to the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals Monday, knocking L.A. out of the postseason in the second round for the second straight season.
It's time to fix them.
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