Why Is Trevor Ariza Playing Like an All-Star? The Lakers Weigh In

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Whenever Lakers forward Trevor Ariza gets in the game, he brings lots of energy and instant offense. In fact, so far this season Ariza has been playing on nearly an All-Star level. So what gives? Why the big improvement? We caught up with Ariza and his teammates to ask them what's got into him (Jordan Farmar, for one, is not surprised that Ariza is blowing up). We also talk to Kobe Bryant about the help he gets from the Bench Mob.

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