KOBE'S 50 EQUALS ONE BRYANT GETS RECORD; L.A. A WIN AWAY FROM PLAYOFFS LAKERS 110, PORTLAND 99.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer There would be no playoff celebration Friday night for the Lakers, but there was a scoring milestone for 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. , another triple-double for Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. and a membership in the Kwame Brown fan club for Jeanie Buss. The Lakers also were able to take a 110-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. , although they weren't able to breathe easy until they had restored their lead to double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. 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. Bryant finished with 50 points and broke Elgin Baylor's single-season franchise scoring record. Brown had 20 points and nine rebounds but the Lakers struggled to put away a game they led by as many as 21 points in the second quarter. The Lakers (43-37) lost the chance to clinch a playoff berth Friday when Utah beat the Hornets in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . They still moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Sacramento for seventh and could clinch with a victory Sunday over Phoenix. That will be a tougher test than Friday's game, a possible first-round playoff preview and chance for the Lakers to finally break through against the Suns. The Lakers are 0-7 against Phoenix since the Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). trade. Bryant, meanwhile, bounced back from missing two free throws early in the third quarter to set the record on a 3-pointer with 9:06 left. Bryant now has scored 2,754 points this season, breaking Baylor's record of 2,719 set in 1962-63. Bryant went 17 of 28 for the game and drilled 5 of 10 3-pointers. It was the 11th 50-point game of his career and sixth of the season. He needed to score 35 points in the second half and play 44 minutes for the Lakers to beat the Blazers. The Lakers put on a show in racing to a 36-18 lead after one quarter, scoring 14 unanswered points. The highlight of the game came as Odom had his missed free throw tipped back to him by Brown and threw down an emphatic dunk over Theo Ratliff Theophilus Curtis Ratliff (born April 17, 1973 in Demopolis, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. He primarily plays the center position, and is known as an excellent shot-blocker. . The big lead gave Jackson the flexibility to experiment a little, which he did in the second quarter, playing rookie center Andrew Bynum Andrew Bynum (born October 27 1987, in Plainsboro, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Bynum is listed as 7'0" and 285 lbs and plays center. and bringing veteran guard Aaron McKie Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2 1972, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. off the bench for Bryant. But the Blazers went on a 9-0 run with Bryant on the bench and made it a 50-45 game at halftime. From her seat in the second row, Buss kept trying to playfully signal Jackson to put Brown back in the game. Buss flashed the numbers 5 and 4 with her hands but couldn't catch Jackson's attention. Linda Rambis, the wife of assistant coach Kurt Rambis Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958 in Cupertino, California) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. , joined in as Brown stayed on the bench and Portland drew closer. Brown, who had 10 points and four rebounds in the first quarter, did not return until 2:44 remained in the half. His 20 points were one shy of his season high. Odom went 140 games without a triple-double after coming to the Lakers, only to have his second in a row Friday, finishing with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. The last Laker with back-to-back triple-doubles was Bryant in December 2004. Portland had a chance to tie with 6 1/2 minutes left but Brian Skinner missed a tip-in and Bryant scored at the other end. Luke Walton knocked down a tough turnaround jumper out of a timeout, Bryant connected on the baseline and the Lakers took control. The Blazers came to Staples Center ready for the season to end, having lost 24 of 27 games since the All-Star break and dealing with another controversy involving troubled forward Darius Miles. Miles defied coach Nate McMillan by changing out of his uniform and into a suit at halftime of Wednesday's game against the Clippers. He watched the rest of that game from the bench before the Blazers sent him home Thursday. ross.siler@dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: (color) The Lakers' Kobe Bryant drives to the basket in Friday night's game against Portland. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer Box: (1) SCORING KING (2) PLAYOFF CHASE |
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