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Friday, January 2, 2009

Rest Period Over For Fisher, Lakers


The Lakers get back to work tonight, the days of resting Derek Fishers 34-year-old legs are over.
Since Jordan Farmar’s injury, Fishers minutes per game have jumped from 28 to 34 a game, more mileage than the Lakers coaching staff wanted to put on the veteran point guard. However, it’s hard to take him out right now because of how he is playing — Fisher shot 41.3% before Farmar went down and 49% afterward. He is getting more assists but not turning the ball over. He has stepped up his game, like you hope a veteran leader would. Since the...read full article

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