During the 1996-97 season for the Lakers…averaged 26.2 points on .557 shooting, 12.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.9 blocks in 38.1 minutes…earned All-NBA Third Team honors…was named NBA Player of the Month for December…named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 15…was the only player in the NBA to average at least 25 points and 10 rebounds…scored in double figures 51 times, including 44 occasions with at least 20 points, 15 games with 30-or-more points and a pair of 40-point efforts…grabbed double-figure rebounds on 44 occasions, including two games with at least 20 rebounds…recorded a team-high 44 double-doubles…led the Lakers in scoring a team-high 38 times, in rebounds a team-high 42 times, in blocks on a team-high 40 occasions, in steals seven times and in assists twice…was selected to play in the All-Star Game but did not participate due to injury…set season high in points with 42 versus Sacramento on April 17, rebounds with 21 versus San Antonio on Nov. 22, assists with eight versus Denver on Dec. 1, blocks with seven versus Orlando on Dec. 6…missed a total of 31 games due to injury…sat out the Jan. 3 game against Sacramento with a sprained right ankle…missed a pair of games from Feb. 4-5 with a right knee sprained MCL…suffered a hyperextended left knee at Minnesota on Feb. 12 which caused him to miss the next 28 games (Feb. 13-April 9)…played in 54 games (52 starts) During the 1997-98 season for the Lakers…averaged 28.3 points .584 shooting, 11.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.4 blocks in 36.3 minutes…earned All-NBA First Team honors for the first time in his career…was a two-time Player of the Month recipient (January and April) and a two-time NBA Player of the Week honoree (weeks ending Nov. 16 and March 22)…led the NBA in field goal percentage and free throws attempted per game (11.4) and also ranked second in scoring average and eighth in blocks per game…was the lone player in the NBA to rank among the league’s top 10 in scoring, field goal percentage and blocked shots…was one of only two players in the NBA to average at least 25 points and 10 rebounds…scored in double figures on 60 occasions, including 54 games with at least 20 points, 27 games with 30-or-more points, three games with at least 40 points and one 50-point contest… grabbed double-figure rebounds on 39 occasions with one game of at least 20 boards…recorded a team-high 39 double-doubles…led the Lakers in scoring a team-high 49 times, in rebounds a team-best 41 times, in blocks a team-high 42 times, in steals on four occasions and in assists twice…recorded his second career 50-point game with a season-high 50 points at New Jersey on April 2…registered the 10,000th point of his career at Portland on Feb. 10, tying Jerry West as the ninth quickest player (370 games) to reach that total…his 33-point effort off the bench against Golden State on Feb. 11 marked the highest by a Laker non-starter during the season and his personal career high off the bench…started the All-Star Game and totaled 12 points, four rebounds and one assist in 18 minutes…set season high in points with 50 at New Jersey on April 2, rebounds in 22 versus Phoenix on March 18, assists with eight at Houston on Nov. 14, blocks with seven versus Orlando on Jan. 19…missed 21 games due to injury and one due to an NBA suspension (Nov. 4 at Sacramento)…sat out L.A.’s Oct. 31 season-opening contest against Utah due to an abdominal strain and missed 20 games from Nov. 23-Dec. 30 with the same injury…played in 51 games (51 starts) during the 1998-99 season…averaged 26.3 points on .576 shooting, 10.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.7 blocks in 34.8 minutes…earned All-NBA Second Team honors…led the NBA in points scored (1,289), field goals made (510), field goal percentage and free throws attempted (498)…scored in double figures in each of his 49 games with 44 games of at least 20 points and 14 games of 30-or-more points…grabbed double-figure rebounds on 30 occasions and registered 30 double-doubles…led the Lakers in scoring a team-high 36 times, in both rebounds and blocks a team-high 27 times, in steals on six occasions and in assists twice…scored his 12,000th career point against Minnesota on April 9…set season highs in points with 38 points (twice), rebounds with 19 at Cleveland on March 18, assists with seven (twice), blocks with six at Vancouver on Feb. 23, steals with three (four times)… missed one game due to injury (Feb. 11 against Minnesota due to a strained right groin)…played in 60 games (57 starts) During the 1999-2000 season for the Lakers…averaged 29.7 points on .574 shooting, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 3.0 blocks in 40.0 minutes…was awarded Most Valuable Player honors during the regular season, 2000 All-Star Game (co-MVP) and NBA Finals 2000, becoming only the third player in NBA history to accomplish that feat…was a unanimous All-NBA First Team selection, becoming only the fifth unanimous selection…was NBA All-Defensive Second Team for the first time in his career…wa

Bournemouth have been struggling with their traditional open-top service 12 between Sandbanks and Christchurch for several years. For 2006 is was truncated to operate between Bournemouth station and Sandbanks only; for 2007 the full route was restored but at a much reduced frequency, which cannot have done anything to encourage custom; finally for 2008 operation was franchised to Classic Southdown Omnibuses Ltd, who ran a 20-minute frequency over the central section between Boscombe and Bournemouth Piers only. At the end of each year Bournemouth Transport said that the revised operation had been successful, but it wasn’t repeated the following year; and in 2009 no service ran at all. The section between Bournemouth and Christchurch was effectively resurrected this year, but as service 40 operated by Darts; whilst Discover Dorset Ltd ran an open-top route 12 between Bournemouth and Hengistbury Head as a City Sightseeing service. Back to 2008, and Classic Southdown Omnibuses’ no 902 (WTG 360T) at Boscombe Pier on service 12 on 25th July. This former Cardiff Bristol VRT / Alexander previously ran as an open-topper for the Bath Bus Co, and for Southern Vectis on the New Forest and Southampton Docks Tours.