Deng, Bulls wear down Bryant, get a home win
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When Kobe Bryant scored 9 consecutive points early in the fourth quarter, it looked as though the Bulls had no hope of beating the Lakers on Wednesday night.
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Kobe Bryant scored 46 points and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the host Toronto Raptors, 121-101, on Friday night, hours after acquiring the 7-footer Pau Gasol in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies.
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LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant won the scoring battle, but Shaquille O&#39;Neal won the game - even if he was sitting on the bench. The Miami Heat came into Los Angeles and beat the Lakers, 104-102 in overtime.
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Gerald Wallace scored 32 points, Emeka Okafor added 15 points and 21 rebounds and the Charlotte Bobcats pulled away from weary Chicago for a 100-85 win over the Bulls on Wednesday.
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Kobe Bryant had 23 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the loss of Lamar Odom and a late Houston comeback to beat the Rockets, 102-94, in Houston last night.
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Shaquille O'Neal didn't dominate and didn't need to Friday night. Reserve Christian Laettner scored 23 points &#151; making 10 of 13 shots &#151; Eddie Jones added 21 and O'Neal 18 as the Miami Heat moved the ball around the floor, shot 50.6 percent and beat the Chicago Bulls 105-81.
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Kirk Hinrich and the Bulls are starting to play in a relaxed fashion, and it&#39;s resulting in victories. Kirk Hinrich scored nine of his 28 points in a 15-0 run, and the Chicago Bulls beat the
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In their first game as Kobe Bryant&#39;s team, the Los Angeles Lakers didn&#39;t need Bryant to dominate. Bryant had 25 points, seven assists and three blocked shots, and Chris Mihm added a career-high 23 points and
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Kobe Bryant's throat was sore and his back was tight. Good thing he was able to score most of his points standings still. Bryant made up for an off shooting night by making 21 free throws, scoring 35 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 102-94 win over the Utah Jazz on Monday night.
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Andres Nocioni had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Luol Deng added 18 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 95-92 preseason victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.
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CHICAGO -- Chicago pulled off a shocker by beating the Lakers 92-84. Luol Deng and Eddy Curry scored 18 points apiece while Tyson Chandler added 10 points and 18 rebounds.
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Ben Wallace and the Bulls controlled the paint again. Wallace grabbed a season-high 27 rebounds and added 10 points to lead Chicago to a 117-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.
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(Sports Network) - The Blazers came up short on Monday night in Chicago, falling 92-87 to the Bulls at the United Center. Zack Randolph tallied 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Blazers, who had a brief two-game win streak halted.
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Kobe Bryant had 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers struggled to an 89-76 victory over the injury-depleted New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night.
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Kobe Bryant goes down hard and does not return, though the Lakers are able to defeat LeBron James and the Cavaliers without him, 98-94.
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The hope around the United Center is that the Bulls will show more fight this season. But they might have taken that a little too literally Monday night in a 100-95 comeback win over Washington.
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Joe Johnson and the Hawks end nearly four years of losing to Chicago decisively, as Johnson scores 37 points and the Hawks beat the Bulls, 105-84, on Sunday, ending a 12-game losing streak in the series.