Lakers have lots of baggage at start of short trip The Lakers held a brief meeting after beating Portland on Monday, hoping to "help everyone stick together" in light of trade rumors and players' comments about the coaches and management.
Reporting from Dallas — These spur-of-the-moment team meetings are becoming common events.
Dwyane Wade had 30 points and 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points, and the host Miami Heat stretched its winning streak to seven games Tuesday night.
'You can't be OK with losing,' Clippers' Chris Paul says Paul says 'it's great' the Clippers are mad about losing a tough overtime game to the Spurs and a game to the Warriors, but they plan to make corrections and have strong showing against Nuggets.
These are different times with the Clippers, times in which losing is not acceptable.
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