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So the Lakers followed up their impressive overtime win against the POWERFUL Oklahoma City Thunder by beating the Mingless and McGradyless Rockets by one point in overtime. Good thing there are no road trips to Charlotte anytime soon or that would be a for sure loss.

I'm beginning to think the distractions are going to be too much for this team. Most basketball hacks had the Lakers dancing into the Finals this year. Reggie Miller picked them to start the season 20-1. They started 1-1 so they only need to win 19 in a row to fulfill that prophecy. Aside from the lofty predictions, Lamar is trying to keep up with the Kardashians and Ron Artest is singing about the phlight of Arab women on YouTube. If that weren't enough now the Lake Show has this to contend with.

Maria Sharapova Dating Sasha Vujacic of the Lakers
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Maria Sharapova, the tennis star, was recently spotted at a U2 concert with Sasha Vujacic of the Lakers. (Vujacic was once was “involved” with Paris Hilton.) A couple people tweeted it. The story made its away around the web faster than a Sharapova serve. Vujacic was asked about the budding romance last night in Oklahoma City. He admitted to liking tennis, and said “I know” when reporters tried to bait him by saying how nice and smart Sharapova was. Then, he told the reporters to go ask Lamar Odom about his personal life. Then, everyone made jokes about Sharapova helping Vujacic find his jumper.

Hard to be mad at The Machine for getting some quality tennis nookie but I wish he would have waited until after the season or kept it under wraps like Luke Walton did with Brittney Spears. Maybe Sasha can trick Sharapova into taking some nude photos with that camera she schills on TV. That's the only way this will be worth it.

P.S. - You don't see Kobe causing any distractions for the team. And Colorado doesn't count. He was on vacation dammit!