BRYANT ALL JAZZED UP IN VICTORY SCORES 52 POINTS IN LAKERS' ROUT OF UTAH LAKERS 132, UTAH 102.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer The last time Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. had a game like he did Thursday night, the team on the receiving end had started the season 1-15. Not with 13 wins in the season's first 16 games, as the Utah Jazz did in bringing the NBA's best record to Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. . That didn't stop Bryant from delivering a performance not seen since his epic 81-point game against Toronto in January. Bryant scored 52 points in three quarters, before briefly returning in the fourth quarter, in the Lakers' 132-102 victory. Bryant tied his franchise record by scoring 30 points in the third quarter, making all nine shots he took from the field and all 10 free throws. The 52 points Bryant had through three quarters was only one shy of his third-quarter total in the 81-point game. With that, Bryant had his first signature moment in the 13 games he has worn the new No. 24. It was a fact not lost on two of the team's longtime ballboys, who greeted Bryant after the game by saying, ``We see signs of ocho.'' It also was an emphatic declaration that Bryant was back in full, a month after returning from right knee surgery. And it was sweet revenge for Bryant, who finished with two points and missed all three shots he took in the fourth quarter last Friday against Utah. ``After the last game, coming into tonight,'' Bryant said, ``I knew that I had to just go for it and just believe that my strength and my health would be there.'' The Jazz tried to play a zone defense against the Lakers early in the third quarter, before putting forward Andrei Kirilenko Andrei Kirilenko may refer to:
``The guy's a great shooter and a terrific player but I never had anyone foul out guarding him,'' Utah coach Jerry Sloan Gerald Eugene Sloan better known as Jerry Sloan, (born March 28, 1942 in McLeansboro, Illinois), is an American National Basketball Association coach. He is one of professional basketball's most successful coaches, with a career win-loss record of 1035-689 (as of April 18, said. ``So that says it's not important enough to try.'' It was the 12th 50-point game in Bryant's career. He set the franchise record for points in a quarter with 30 in the third quarter of his 62-point explosion against Dallas last December. The NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= record of 33 points in a quarter belongs to George Gervin George "The Iceman" Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player; a shooting guard for the American Basketball Association's (ABA) Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs and the National Basketball Association's (NBA) San . The Jazz put Kirilenko, one of the NBA's best defenders, on Bryant midway through the third quarter. And Bryant hit a shot that even he couldn't believe, an 11-foot floater Floater A bond or other type of debt whose coupon rate changes with market conditions (short-term interest rates). Also known as "floating-rate debt". Notes: For example, a floater bond may have the coupon rate set at "T-bill rate plus 0.5%". over Kirilenko from the left side. ``I was really, really hot tonight,'' Bryant said. ``I didn't miss. I knew I was feeling it when I hit a one-legged runner, fading away. Then I knew it was a pretty good night.'' There was nothing Utah could do to stop Bryant. He drilled back-to-back 3-pointers over Giricek with three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. left in the third quarter as the Lakers went ahead by 20 points and the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. chants echoed. Bryant missed the only shot he took in the fourth -- he hit 11 consecutive shots at one point -- but had two assists. He finished 19 of 26 (73.7 percent) from the field. ``I've seen a lot of great games from Kobe,'' Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. said, ``but that was a terrific performance.'' After all the trouble the Lakers had breaking Milwaukee's zone defense in Tuesday's loss, Bryant sent a message when the Jazz tried to do the same at the start of the third quarter. Bryant took a pass from Lamar Odom at the foul line, getting to the middle of the zone with five Jazz players around him, and threw down a huge dunk with a stare. A minute later, Bryant drilled a turnaround 12- footer In a document or report, common text that appears at the bottom of every page. It usually contains the page number. . ``It helps when I get in there,'' Bryant said, ``and start doing things like that because then we all start getting confidence.'' ross.siler@dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The Lakers' Ronny Turiaf gets off a shot against Utah's Mehmet Okur on Thursday. (2) The Lakers' Kobe Bryant soars to the basket ahead of Utah's Deron Williams. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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