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Artest could be back Tuesday; test results on Gasol expected later today

By Mike Bresnahan

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I didn’t think I’d be back in this medical area so soon but, sure enough, I’m again on Pau Gasol hamstring watch (new acronym: PaGaHaWa).

The Lakers forward-center consulted a doctor this morning and test results will not be known until later this afternoon. He left last night’s game against Dallas because of a sore left hamstring.

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Gasol missed 11 games at the start of the season because of a strained right hamstring, so here we go again. I’m already feeling hamstrung.

In other news, Ron Artest went through a full practice and said he felt like he could play Tuesday against Houston, but he will be re-evaluated after Tuesday’s shoot-around.

Finally, Lamar Odom did not practice today because of intestinal flu. His status for tomorrow is uncertain, but I’d bet $1,000 that he’s much more likely to play than Gasol, upset stomach ot not.

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--Mike Bresnahan

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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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