Lakers hit reset button with loss as Bryant slowed
Published 5/12/2008 at L.A. Times - Basketball
With back spasms, Kobe Bryant isn't the same, especially late in a 123-115 Lakers overtime loss to the Jazz, although he turns playmaker to help force the extra period.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- And then, everything changed.
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