Updated: November 5, 2009, 11:55 AM ET

With Gasol out, Lakers' bench struggling

PER Diem: Nov. 5, 2009

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Hollinger By John Hollinger
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HOUSTON -- "Welcome to my world, Phil."

That's what 14 other Western Conference coaches are thinking after watching how the Lakers have had to scratch and claw their way to an uneven 4-1 start in the absence of Pau Gasol, who has been out with a hamstring injury.

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