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Lakers’ Steve Nash is doubtful for Friday’s game

Lakers guard Steve Nash continues to have problems with a sore hamstring and hip.
(Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)
By Mike Bresnahan
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Steve Nash did not practice Thursday and was doubtful for the Lakers’ game Friday against Memphis, Coach Mike D’Antoni said.

Nash sat out the Lakers’ victory Tuesday over Dallas because of hip and hamstring soreness. He left their previous game in the first two minutes and their game before that in the third quarter.

If Nash is unable to go, Steve Blake will again assume a starting role. He averaged 13 points and one assist in the Lakers’ last two games. He made nine of 17 shots, including eight of 15 from three-point range.

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The Lakers (39-36) have a half-game lead over Utah for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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