Lakers beat Grizzlies: The reactions

February, 24, 2010
2/24/10
10:07
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Kamenetzky By Andy Kamenetzky
ESPNLosAngeles.com
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I already described a very important moment. How about some more coverage?

GAME REPORTS
-Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times
-Kevin Ding, Orange County Register
-Gregg Patton, Press-Enterprise
-Elliott Teaford, Los Angeles Daily News
-Ronald Tillery, Commercial Appeal

NOTEBOOK ITEMS
-Teaford (Daily News), on the Lakers and Cavaliers jockeying for best overall record
-Broderick Turner (Los Angeles Times), on Pau Gasol's game
-Turner (LAT), on the revamped Dallas teamhosting the Lakers this evening

COLUMNS
-Ding (OCR), on Bryant's energetic return to action
-John Ireland (ESPNLosAngeles.com), on Kobe's status as the ultimate closer
-Dave McMenamin (ESPNLosAngeles.com), on the statistics of Bryant's scoring
-Tillery (CA), on the Gasol brothers swap that worked out for both teams

MONTAGE

-Laker Blog's Mark Medina has clips of Kobe's six game-winners this season.

NBA NEWS
-League officials have found nothing to make them think Cleveland and Big Z colluded about a return.
-The Wizards bad luck continues, as new addition Josh Howard is out with a torn ACL. In the meantime, former Wizard DeShawn Stevenson's grudge against Jay-Z remains current.
-Go on with your bad self, Marcus Thornton!
-Chris Douglas-Roberts is out of the doghouse. We'll see if the same can be said for Spencer Hawes. For Joe Alexander, it's all about a new house, period. Ditto, Lil' Nate.
-Tony Parker may hit the court again this evening.
-J.R. Smith loves him the second half of a season.
-Michael Beasley wasn't amused by the "Tito" label, but his coach laughed.

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TEAM LEADERS

POINTS
Kobe Bryant
PTS AST STL MIN
27.9 4.6 1.2 38.5
OTHER LEADERS
ReboundsA. Bynum 11.8
AssistsR. Sessions 6.2
StealsK. Bryant 1.2
BlocksA. Bynum 1.9