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LUKE WALTON HAS TEAR IN HIS ANKLE

Courtesy of Lakers.

Lakers forward Luke Walton, who suffered a sprained left ankle in Saturday night’s Game 3 at Utah, had an MRI exam this morning.  Results of the test show a partial tear of the deltoid ligament.

Walton will be out indefinitely and his status will be re-evaluated in approximately one week.

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THE MACHINE VIDEOS ARE BACK

SMUSH PARKER ON THE MIND?

From the L.A. Times Laker Blog.

Kobe was then asked about Deron Williams, and whether he sees any parallels between what Williams is going through right now in terms of being an elite player without enough talent around him to win a title, and what Kobe had to deal with a couple years back.  Obviously, it's all relative, but is there a kernel of similarity?

"Deron's not even close to that situation.  He's got a little bit of a better cast than I did.  It's not dire straits for him.  If you're asking me if I feel bad for him?  Absolutely not.  No way.  He's fine.  If he just continues to play, they have some talented players over there, they have a great coach.  They'll be fine."

Okay, so it's not exactly identical...

"It's not even close.  They don't even have Smush Parker on (that) team.  It's not even close."

Touche!  Take that, Boobie's Bench. 

MONDAY JAZZ PRACTICE REPORT

Media spoke with the Jazz before their workout this morning.

* Mehmet Okur said his strained right hamstring is 65-70% healthy and wouldn't know until tomorrow if he would be able to play in Game 2.
* Matt Harpring was still upset with what he called " a lack of passion and desire" from his teammates in Game 1.
* Carlos Boozer said that they missed Okur "a lot". Asked why it was difficult to win at Staples Center, Boozer responded with "the team is the reason, not the arena".
* Deron Williams responding to Harpring's comments, said "he's right, have to play better".
* Paul Millsap was the most optimistic. "know we can beat them".

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