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Suddenly, what had been the Western Conference's only powerhouse team was looking like it would be a bit more mortal between now and June.

As it was, Ariza played a few acclimatizing minutes late in the Western Conference finals and was only minor assistance in the NBA Finals.

As if there wasn't enough bad news coming out of LA lately for the Spurs -- and, for that matter, the rest of the Western Conference.

It was the end of a surprising, exhilarating run for the Suns, who went from lottery team to Western Conference finalist in a year.

He stared at it in front of his locker after the Lakers' 103-84 loss to the Spurs on Sunday in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

Today in the second war between Lakers and Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals, as if the Lakers basket completely close the lid.

The Western Conference tends to get up and down real quick and not play defense.

While it would not be smart to trade Bryant to a Western Conference rival, it makes the most sense.

It's tough because (as the Western Conference Champions) everyone's gunning for you. But still, you're not the champs .

After making the Western Conference finals a year ago, the Jazz face getting knocked out one round earlier.

Funny thing, the Lakers don't seem that impressed by fourth place in the Western Conference.

Last spring, they were unlikely underdogs who nearly made it to the Western Conference finals without their star player, Rudy Gay.

and with yao coming fresh and healthy for the playoffs, the western conference is in trouble. . .

I had no idea Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals would become one of the greatest moments in my sports viewing life.

Denver entered Tuesday's home game against the Memphis Grizzlies in seventh place in the Western Conference at 32-25.

As it ended Thursday night, Jerry West presented Kupchak with the Western Conference championship trophy.

But I'm even happier that we had the best record in the Western Conference.

Yao, far right, has been named the Western Conference All-Star starter at center in each of his seven NBA seasons.

Bryant also won the "Player of the Week" title in the Western Conference for his excellent performances.

One Western Conference advance scout compared Bryant favorably to a mathematician.

With Duncan, the Spurs have won four NBA titles and have reached the Western Conference Finals the last four seasons.

A team no one considered a threat, they finished the season with the best record in the Western Conference.

Houston is seventh in the Western Conference with two teams less than three games behind them.

After sorting out the Eastern Conference and Western Conference last week, we've reached the ring ceremony in our Summer Forecast series.

The western conference finals hakeem olajuwon, David Robinson, the rockets war with a 4-2 victory over the SAN Antonio spurs.

The Lakers, whose 44-19 record through Sunday was the best in the Western Conference, are bona fide title contenders.

It also was the Bulls' last best chance to get past the Western Conference's other dominant teams, Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Storyline: The sixth postseason meeting between the Western Conference powers in the last 10 years, but the first since 2004.

Finally, would the Lakers really send Bryant to a Western Conference team?

It also gave Garnett, 31, a better chance at a title after Minnesota missed the last three playoffs in the tough Western Conference.

The Hornets are one of the surprise teams in the NBA, posting a 23-11 record, tied for third best in the Western Conference.

The L. A. Lakers were the best team in the VERY tight Western Conference this season.

Brown was served with court papers Friday when the Lakers were in Denver for Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.

The victory extended the Lakers' winning streak to nine games and kept them atop the Western Conference standings.

Years from now we will be calling Amare the best big man in Western Conference, and maybe the NBA.

Could this be the season that the Rockets close the gap on the Western Conference's other top teams?

Game 2 of the Western Conference finals was a thorough and complete beatdown.

Their trash talking has been for laughs, just four months after tangling as opponents in the Western Conference finals.

Having said that, we are top of the Western Conference, so we having nothing to fear.

There's one thing you can count on, some Western Conference team arising to challenge the Lakers before it's over.

Nuggets face the Spurs, potentially a Western Conference title matchup.

The Lakers were stunned by the Rockets in Game 1 of a Western Conference semifinal series, 100-92, Monday at Staples Center.

I'm rooting for Orlando. . . in fact i root for them everytime they play a western conference team; except against the rockets of course.

More importantly, he led the Lakers to a 57-25 record and the top seed in the rugged Western Conference.

And, being that we have to play the Western conference in the playoffs, it does not bode well for our chances.

Dallas advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second time in four years, but with almost an entirely new team.

The Sacramento Kings were one win away from the Finals before losing the Lakers in the 2001-2002 Western Conference Finals in a Game 7.

Starting from the 1954 -55 season, NBA through natural selection only Eastern Conference and Western Conference division two.

The Lakers won the most competitive Western Conference race we've seen.

Now the Western Conference is stronger and people again think we'll have to play over our heads just to get to the playoffs again.

The Warriors have gone 7-1 since Jackson returned and now sit right behind the Lakers in the Western Conference standings.

points in the Western Conference and the Western Pacific area.

The Lakers are third in the Western Conference and have four games left in the regular season.

The Suns won 54 games, lost to the Dallas Mavericks in six in the Western Conference Finals.

The Lakers will take a healthy Bynum as soon as they can, what with the frenetic Western Conference standings.

finished 65-17, first in pacific division, first in western conference.

The Western Conference's leaders still have a tough stretch in front of them if they want to hang on to the top spot.

Presented to the Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, Boise State University, September 17-18, 1999.

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