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The Lakers avoided a Game 7 and now can wine and dine while others tussle to play them. Surgery for Andrew Bynum, however, is another matter.
The team disclosed Sunday that Bynum would undergo arthroscopic surgery Wednesday on his injured left knee.
The rest of the Lakers bought themselves some time with their series clincher over the Utah Jazz on Friday, which meant that the same Wednesday as the surgery would be the start of the Western Conference finals at Staples Center.
That leaves tonight for watching Game 7 between the New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs in a series that could signify a passing of the torch from the aging to the up-and-coming.
And to the victors, a chance to play the Lakers.
Phil Jackson used Sunday to contemplate each team’s distinctions and drawbacks.
“They’ve been through a lot of heavy battles over the last three years with that group of guys that they are real comfortable with,” Jackson said of the Spurs.
“They’ve got pretty much a known answer to a variety of problems. They’re the oldest team in the league, and that weighs a lot in the experience factor. It also weighs against them in just the recovery aspect of it.
“On the other side, you’ve got a very young team, full of confidence and very capable, very athletic, that has a combination of driving and shooting capabilities. . . . So, we’ve got two teams that are very competent, very proficient.”
The tipping point may be the venue, with the game tonight in the Big Easy. The Hornets are 6-0 there this postseason, and the home-court team is 22-2 in the second round.
The Hornets have run through the Spurs by an average of nearly 20 points in the three games at New Orleans Arena during the series. Hornets forward David West is expected to play after sitting out the end of Game 6 because of a sore back, provided by a Robert Horry pick.

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Two Tivos To Paradise 05.02.08: Where Every Week Is Sweeps!
Is Lindsay Lohan joining the cast of Ugly Betty?, Tom Cruise chats with Oprah, more news on the new 90210, A & E’s new line up, the Daytime Emmy Award nominations, a defense of American Idol, raves for Lost, the latest in Neilsen ratings, tons of news and notes, the TV Pick of the Week, and more, all in this week’s Two Tivos To Paradise!
Hello Friends. Another crazy week on the home front; we closed on the condo on Wednesday and have done quite a bit of packing/throwing stuff away; nothing makes you feel more out of shape than going up and down a few flights of stairs carrying boxes. Not sure if I mentioned Richard Bradley’s The Greatest Game, a phenomenal book about the Yankees-Red Sox one game playoff in 1978. It’s a tribute to how well written it is that by halfway through I had forgotten how it ended and started to think the Sox had a chance.
Yesterday’s gone and now all I want is some news.
Now And Then I Get Insecure From All The Fame, I’m So Ashamed
TVGuide.com is reporting that not only is Lindsay Lohan in talks with ABC to appear in the May 22nd season finale of Ugly Betty but that they are discussing her character returning for as many as 8 episodes next fall. Lohan was rumored to be taking a role on the show late last year but that was derailed by the WGA strike. There has been no confirmation from either side but the website labeled the talks as “advanced.”
What hath Britney wrought? Clearly Ms. Spears effect on the ratings of How I Met Your Mother is playing some role in these negotiations but UB was interested in LiLo long before Brit hit the small screen, and the show has done a very good job with guest stars up to now. The truth is I have no idea how good an actress Lindsay is or isn’t but a role on a well run show where she won’t be required to do any heavy lifting makes a ton of sense for her. This story was breaking as TTTP was going to press so we’ll have more next week.

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