Elizabeth Benson

Elizabeth is a graduate from Arizona State University and has her master's from Duquesne University. She is currently an associate editor at Lakers Nation. To read more of Elizabeth's articles click here. You can also follow Elizabeth on Twitter @Gobibs
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Lakers vs. Jazz Pre-Game Report: Lakers Aim for Revenge vs. Utah

The Lakers are going into their fourth pre-season game tonight in Orange County, and are still looking for their first victory. The Lakers will get a rematch of Saturday's game against the Utah Jazz at the Honda Center, home of…

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Fans Must Practice Patience With the Struggling Lakers’ Bench

There have been pros and cons thus far in the Lakers pre-season. Their 0-3 record reflects the ups and downs of the Lakers performance on the court as a whole. Yes, it is the pre-season and total judgements of how…

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Lakers Top 2012 Eastern Competition Part III: Philadelphia 76ers

We have now entered the start of actual gameplay for the 2012-13 season, as the Lakers took on the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night in their first pre-season game. We can now finally say, basketball is back! Sunday's pre-season…

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Lakers vs. Warriors Pre-Game Report: The Pre-Season Begins

Well, the wait is finally over, sort of. Even though it is not the official beginning to the regular season, tonight's pre-season game is just as exciting for Laker fans to see their new-look Lakers in an actual game format.…

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Lakers Top 2012 Eastern Competition Part II: Boston Celtics

I think it's safe to say that the excitement and anticipation for the Los Angeles Lakers new season has only increased during the past couple of days. We have finally seen the complete new-look Lakers together and in uniform at…

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Lakers Top 2012 Eastern Competition Part I: Miami Heat

The Los Angeles Lakers 2012-13 season is finally about to begin after an amazing and successful off-season left Laker fans with extremely high expectations and anticipation. Training camp for the purple and gold kicked off today (Monday) with the annual…

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Lakers Top 2012 Competition Part III: Denver Nuggets

We are in the last days of the off-season as training camp begins Monday for the Los Angeles Lakers. We have already been able to watch the first glimpses of most of the Lakers partaking in drills and workouts, with…

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Lakers Top 2012 Competition Part II: San Antonio Spurs

Last week I started a series of articles to go a bit more in-depth into the Lakers top competition in the West this upcoming season. Laker fans are anticipating these match-ups since there is such a high level of expectation…

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Lakers Top 2012 Competition Part I: Oklahoma City Thunder

It seems like expectations for the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers become higher and higher each day as we head into the end-strech of the off-season. Laker fans are anticipating the first glimpse of the new-look Lakers, as the weaknesses from…

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Lakers Will Need Chemistry in 2012-13 to Achieve Championship Goals

Recently there has been a lot of talk from the basketball community about personal impressions and opinions of the Lakers new roster. For example, former Laker greats Robert Horry, James Worthy and Shaquille O'Neal have made some press with their…

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