Los Angeles news online: Lakers struggling to escape late-season funk (AP)

Lakers struggling to escape late-season funk (AP)
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lakers on 10/03/2010 22:48:41
 
The euphoria from Kobe Bryant's latest game-winning shot didn't last much longer
than it took for the celebratory streamers to fall from the Staples Center roof
onto the Toronto Raptors' heads. Despite their 47-18 record and their perch atop
the Western Conference standings, Bryant and his teammates say the Los Angeles
Lakers are in their worst funk of the season.