Bryant scores 38 points, Lakers top Suns
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Kobe Bryant asked to be traded last spring in part because he wanted to play for a team that could contend for a championship. He just might have gotten his wish by staying put.
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Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, becoming the youngest player in N.B.A. history to reach 20,000, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Knicks on Sunday.
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Kobe Bryant had 38 points and nine assists while the Los Angeles Lakers routed the hapless Boston Celtics 122-96 to end a six-game losing streak &#151; the longest of Phil Jackson's 16-year coaching career.
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Kobe Bryant scored the Lakers' first 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 42, carrying Los Angeles to a 99-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.
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Quentin Richardson poured in 37  points, including eight three-pointers, and Shawn Marion added  16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 121-99  thrashing of the host Portland Trail Blazers Sunday.
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Leandro Barbosa scored 22 points, Shawn Marion added 20 points and 16 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Lakers 106-98 on Thursday night to regain the Western Conference lead.
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Kobe Bryant had 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Sasha Vujacic scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied for a 120-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
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Steve Nash had 25 points and 11 assists and the Phoenix Suns rallied from 18 points down in the third quarter to beat the Pacers 103-92 Tuesday night. The Suns gave up just 13 points over the final 15 minutes.
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Kobe Bryant had 29 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, his fellow starters all scored in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away in the final five minutes to beat the winless Chicago Bulls 102-93 Sunday night.
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Not even Kobe Bryant&#39;s 38 points could save the Lakers from one of the worst offensive performances in team history. Bryant had another big game, but
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Lamar Odom scored 21 points, Kobe Bryant added 19 points and a season-high 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Jersey Nets 99-93 on Sunday night. Kwame Brown had 13 points and nine rebounds and Smush Parker also scored 13 for the Lakers, winners of five of their last six games.
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Steve Nash scores 26 of his season-high 35 points in the second half and the Suns beat the Bucks in Phoenix for the 20th consecutive time, 122-114, on Saturday night.
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LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant scored 48 points in 46 minutes after spraining his left shoulder in the opening period, and the Los Angeles Lakers enjoyed their highest-scoring game of the season with a 117-99 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.
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The Los Angeles Lakers had their first win this season as they defeated the winless Hawks 106-90 Sunday night. Kobe Bryant scored 24 points and Caron Butler added 22, China Radio International reported Monday.
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Kobe Bryant had 23 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the loss of Lamar Odom and a near-historic comeback to beat the Houston Rockets 102-94 Tuesday night.
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The Los Angeles Lakers&#39; Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 42 points but it was not enough to defeat his adversary and former team-mate Shaquille O&#39;Neal, whose Miami Heat ran out 104-102 winners after overtime in one of the most eagerly anticipated regular
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Kobe Bryant had 23 points and six rebounds to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a 94-80 preseason win over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night.