EVANS IMPERSONATES BRYANT GUARD SCORES 12 IN FOURTH QUARTER TO HOLD OFF JAZZ LAKERS 94, UTAH 79.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer FRESNO -- Lakers forward Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. has taken to calling guard Maurice Evans There are several people named Maurice Evans:
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