20secondtimeout.blogspot.com - 5/24/2008
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Kobe Bryant is no longer going into gun battles with butter knives; he and his fellow Laker gunslingers riddled the Spurs with bullets in game two, handing the defending champions their most lopsided loss in this year's playoffs.
Lakers Come on Strong and Pull Out Game 1
nytimes.com 5/23/2008 — With his teammates floundering and the Staples Center crowd grumbling, Bryant led Los Angeles from a 20-point third-quarter deficit and carried the Lakers to a rousing 89-85 victory over San Antonio in the opener of the Western Conference finals.
Bryant Wings It
sportshubla.com 5/23/2008 — Take your pick.
Tex Winter has.
Just about every element of Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals qualifies as unbelievable, bizarre, strange, whatever you want to call it.
What was weirder? Kobe Bryant in the first half? Or Kobe in the ...
Lakers Beat Spurs, 2-0 Lead
laballtalk.com 5/24/2008 — The Lakers hosted the Spurs last night at Staples Center. They dominated the defending champs and took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals.