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Gasol and Odom come up big in Game 2

By Chris Broussard
ESPN The Magazine

Sunday, June 7, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- It was their fault. They had been pushed around, thrown off their game, intimidated by the Boston Celtics. One was too soft; the other too sometimey. Their flaws, there for the whole world to see on the NBA's grandest stage, had cost Kobe Bryant a ring sans Shaq, had turned the Lakers into losers in the most anticipated Finals since the close of Jordan's reign. At least that's what the critics said. One of the sexy storylines entering this season's playoffs was this: Could Pa ...

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