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What kind of shape are the Lakers in after a week of training camp?

What kind of chemistry have the Lakers developed after seven days of practice?

Those questons and more will be answered tonight when the Lakers play the Golden State Warriors at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

It’s the Lakers’ first exhibition game, the second for the Warriors.

Lakers Coach Phil Jackson wants to see how newcomer Ron Artest fits in with starters Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum.

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‘We’ll play different guys together,’ Jackson said. He’ll look to see ‘how guys react together, how they have learned, how much they have to learn and just keep going.’

-- Broderick Turner

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