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WikiProject Los Angeles Lakers Newsletter August 3, 2008 By -- K. Annoyomous24

WikiProject Lakers Newsletter Issue 6 - August 3, 2008 In this issue Project News - Recent news from the WikiProject including FA and GA articles. Team News - Transactions and games won and lost by the Los Angeles Lakers. Collaboration - A report on this months' project collaboration, Los Angeles Lakers. Featured Picture - A selected image for the newsletter. Project News As of August 3, the project has 14 members, listed here. As of August 3, the project has a one good article and two featured lists. Good article: Pau Gasol Featured lists: List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches List of Los Angeles Lakers first and second round draft picks A userbox for the the members of the project is available at User:Basketball110/Lakers. Feel free to add it to your page to show that you are a part of the WikiProject. More members are still needed. To invite people, use the template at Template:WP LAKERS Invite. If and once they have joined, don't forget to welcome them using the template at Template:WPLAKERSwelcome. If you would like to write the next newsletter, please nominate yourself here. Project Collaboration – August 2008 Each newsletter, the editor will select one article that he or she thinks needs a bit of work, or maintaining. This newsletter, K. Annoyomous24 (the editor) chose the article "Kobe Bryant." Don't forget to drop by the page and see what you can do. Featured Picture Jerry West played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960 to 1974. 2008 Playoff Bracket First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals NBA Finals                         E1 Boston* 4 E8 Atlanta 3 E1 Boston* 4 E4 Cleveland 3 E4 Cleveland 4 E5 Washington 2 E1 Boston* 4 Eastern Conference E2 Detroit* 2 E3 Orlando* 4 E6 Toronto 1 E3 Orlando* 1 E2 Detroit* 4 E2 Detroit* 4 E7 Philadelphia 2 E1 Boston* 4 W1 LA Lakers* 2 W1 LA Lakers* 4 W8 Denver 0 W1 LA Lakers* 4 W4 Utah* 2 W4 Utah* 4 W5 Houston 2 W1 LA Lakers* 4 Western Conference W3 San Antonio 1 W3 San Antonio 4 W6 Phoenix 1 W3 San Antonio 4 W2 New Orleans* 3 W2 New Orleans* 4 W7 Dallas 1 * Division winner Bold Series winner Italic Team with home-court advantage [Playoff Bracket Legend] Teams in italics have home court advantage Teams in bold advance to the next round Numbers to the left of each team indicate team's position in-season Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games won The division champions possess an asterisk (*) Team News The Los Angeles Lakers have taken the first seed in the West. Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div c-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 – 30–11 27–14 12–4 x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 2 30–11 25–16 10–6 Golden State Warriors 48 34 .585 9 27–14 21–20 10–6 Sacramento Kings 38 44 .463 19 26–15 12–29 3–13 Los Angeles Clippers 23 59 .284 34 13–28 10–31 5–11 Other team news The Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals in Game 6 with a score of 131-92. Transactions The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2008–09 off-season. Draft pick Player Round Pick Position Nationality College Joe Crawford 2 58 SG USA Kentucky Free Agent Player New team R. Turiaf Golden State Warriors Archives • Newsroom