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PER Diem: May 7, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 7, 2009

While the Lakers wait to see if they'll have their starting backcourt for Game 3 on Friday (ESPN, 9:30 ET), let's take a moment to discuss something that's receiving very little attention this morning: The basketball game. L.A.'s 114-98 win became little more than a backdrop to all the screaming over elbows and cheap shots and such, but it was very interesting in its own right. The Lakers made a big run, the Rockets battled back, and so it went for most of the first three and a half quarte ...

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