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• LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, after starting the game with 15 straight misses, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the last-place New Orleans Hornets 88-85 on Saturday.
(Huffington Post)
• LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Lakers couldn't possibly be thrilled with beating the injury-ravaged New Orleans Hornets, though Kobe Bryant was laughing afterward. He was relieved his three-for-21 shooting effort didn't cost his team a victory.
(Boston Herald)
• LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, after starting the game with 15 straight misses, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the last-place New Orleans Hornets 88-85 on Saturday.
(YAHOO!)
• This was ugly. Really ugly. Like, the offspring of Medusa and Jabba The Hut ugly. The important thing is the win, but the second most important thing is the way the win was manufactured.
(ESPN)
• THE FACTS: Kobe Bryant made only three shots Saturday, but his third was the biggest -- a go-ahead 3-pointer with 20.2 left in the game that helped lead the Lakers to an 88-85 victory over the Hornets at Staples Center.
(NBA)
• (AP) -- Kobe Bryant pointed to transition defense as the biggest reason the Los Angeles Lakers were unable to slow down the Western Conferences top team last time out.
(Washington Post)
• Nash scored a season-high 30 points in a 120-103 victory on Feb. 1. The Hornets (13-39) have lost four of five, including an 88-85 defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday after giving up Kobe Bryants 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.
(NBA)
• Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Despite one of the worst shooting performances of his career, Kobe Bryant hit the shot that mattered most with the game on the line. Bryant rose up from the left wing and nailed a go-ahead three-pointer with 20.
(Calgary Herald)
• The Lakers, 4-4 since acquiring Ramon Sessions, get a get-well opportunity with New Orleans in town – and Emeka Okafor, Trevor Ariza, Gustavo Ayon out, Eric Gordon doubtful and Jarrett Jack and Chris Kaman questionable.
(Orange County Register)