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Originally Posted by OCBucksFan

The are playing nice right now, 73-52 starting the 4th.

Then here came New Orleans...... but too little too late.


LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 11/12/08 | Lakers 93, Hornets 86

Fisher, Bryant lead Lakers past Hornets

NEW ORLEANS(AP) The Hornets were primed to pull off an improbable comeback until Kobe Bryant made it impossible.
Bryant scored 20 points, highlighted by a tough 3-pointer over James Posey with just over a minute left, and the Los Angeles Lakers improved to 7-0 with a 93-86 victory over New Orleans on Wednesday night.
"I just wanted to shoot it in his face,'' Bryant said of the late 3-pointer. "I knew I was due.''
The dramatic and deflating shot stemmed a frantic 17-4 Hornets run and put the Lakers ahead 86-80 with 1:08 to go.
"I knew Posey was going to sit on my arm, so I just had to back him up and try to shoot it,'' Bryant explained. "I knew it was going to be a tough shot because I had Posey draped all over me, so I just needed to focus on the basket and try to put it in.''
Derek Fisher hit four 3-pointers and also finished with 20. He had 18 through the first three quarters, leading what to that point had been a dominant effort by Los Angeles, which never trailed.
The Lakers led by as much as 23 before nervously holding on against a team that is expected to be one of their chief rivals for Western Conference supremacy.

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