LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 41 points while becoming the youngest player to reach 24,000, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson both thought the injury-depleted Lakers would get a stern early season test from the New Orleans Hornets. Instead, their visitors barely put up a fi...
LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson both thought the injury-depleted Lakers would get a stern early season test from the New Orleans Hornets. Instead, their visitors barely put up a fight. Yes, DJ Mbenga and...
Although Kobe Bryant is an exceptional post player, which is working to the Lakers’ great advantage, there are some things that work best against him in there. Unfortunately for most teams, the prerequisite is a strong...
A reeling New Orleans team will finish a two-day tour of Staples Center Monday aiming to earn its 10th straight win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Hornets were waxed in the same building on Sunday when Kobe Bryant had 28...
By Greg Beacham, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, right, dunks the ball over New Orleans Hornets' Emeka Okafor in the first half. Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson both thought the injury-depleted Lakers...
by Holly MacKenzie / @stackmack Want to know how spoiled we as a basketball-watching whole are? He flirts with a triple-double at the Garden before finishing with 33 points, eight rebounds and nine assists and we say we thought...
Monday, November 09, 2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 28 points, Shannon Brown added 15 and the Los Angeles Lakers thrived again without their top two big men, beating the New Orleans Hornets 104-88 Sunday night. DJ...
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 28 points, Shannon Brown added 15 and the Los Angeles Lakers thrived again without their top two big men, beating the New Orleans Hornets 104-88 Sunday night. DJ Mbenga had 10 points and 12...
Mark Heisler Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — I'm confused: Is this the preseason or the season? The Lakers were without Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol on Sunday night. Light-blue pinstriped unies, Byron Scott on the sideline, Chris...
Mbenga, Brown make up for injuries to Bynum, Gasol LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson both thought the injury-depleted Lakers would get a stern early season test from the New Orleans Hornets. Bryant scored 28...