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Hayes had eight points, six rebounds and two blocks, playing nearly 23 minutes off the bench in his biggest workload as a substitute since Jan. 20 against Denver.

From Los Angeles Times

Five of the Lakers’ next eight games are against the three teams directly ahead of them in the Western Conference, beginning with Thursday’s showdown in Denver.

From Los Angeles Times

The following day Maguire's legal team lodged an appeal against the verdict.

From BBC

However, under Greek law, when a defendant appeals against a conviction from a lower criminal court, the verdict is automatically annulled and the case is retried from the beginning.

From BBC

He said: "When you start looking wider, the emphasis isn't on the survivor themselves in terms of their account alone, and it means that we're not just looking at one person's word against another, we then start hopefully identifying and seizing evidence that supports, corroborates the stories that they've provided."

From BBC