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Lakers ready for life without Bynum

By Ric Bucher
ESPN The Magazine

Monday, February 2, 2009

The official report on Andrew Bynum's right knee -- torn MCL, out 8-12 weeks -- came on Monday. But the news was written on Kobe Bryant's face seconds after he fell backward into Bynum during Saturday night's win in Memphis and Bynum collapsed, clutching his knee. "[Kobe] looked as if he'd seen a ghost," said a team source. The specter Bryant saw flash before him was last season all over again. A very good season, to be sure, but one that fell short of Bryant's ambition -- and, for the first ...

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