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The Lakers can take solace in having played the NBA season all the way to the end-if a 39-point, second-worst-in-NBA Finals-history loss can rightly be termed "playing." Just like last year, more solace awaits Kobe Bryant with Team USA, which will have a mini-camp in Las Vegas about a week from now.
SAN DIEGO-Ninety-one holes in five days? What are you thinking? Don't I have a say in this? You crazy, Tiger Woods. I know, I know. Your one-track mind can't disconnect from your goal of breaking Jack Nicklaus' record and all, but you keep twisting and turning and hitting that darn cut shot.