KOBE AN OUTSIDER IN L.A. WIN SCORES 43, MOSTLY OFF JUMPERS, TO LIFT LAKERS LAKERS 104, HOUSTON 88.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer If Elgin Baylor Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American basketball player who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, a strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer. lived from 16 feet and in during his playing days, as 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. put it after Friday's game in Seattle, then 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. was all 16 feet and out in matching Baylor's franchise record for 40-point games Sunday. You won't see a lot of 43-point games like Bryant had in the Lakers' 104-88 victory over the Houston Rockets. The superstar guard made 17 jumpers - his other two field goals came off dunks - and went to the foul line foul line n. 1. Baseball Either of two straight lines extending from the rear of home plate to the outer edge of the playing field and indicating the area in which a fair ball can be hit. 2. twice in 36 minutes. It was the kind of game than anyone who has ever shot around in the driveway could appreciate. Bryant did little more than catch and shoot over the likes of rookie guard Luther Head Luther D. Head (born November 26, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Standing 6'3" (1.91 m) and weighing 185 lb (84 kg), Head plays primarily point guard but played shooting guard and small forward as a college and Keith Bogans Keith Ramon Bogans (born May 12 1980 in Washington, D.C.) is a professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association. High school and college and connected on 19 of 32 attempts for the game. He had 22 points in the third quarter alone - which the Lakers won 37-18 to take an 88-70 lead into the fourth - and didn't even try to drive to the basket knowing how Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy Jeff Van Gundy (born January 19, 1962 in Hemet, California) is an American basketball head coach, most recently with the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets. Van Gundy attended Nazareth College (1985). wanted to rotate defenders to stop him. ``I just wanted to come out and provide some energy and my shot started falling and it turned into a lot of momentum for us that Houston couldn't really hold onto,'' Bryant said. ``We wound up breaking the game open.'' The Lakers won for the sixth time in seven games, improving to 40-35, with Jackson saying he would like to see his team win two of three against Denver, Phoenix and the Clippers in the coming week. Bryant's 23rd 40-point game of the season, meanwhile, equaled Baylor's mark from the 1962-63 season. ``I never in my wildest dreams dreamed of being in such great company like Elgin,'' Bryant said. On any other afternoon, Houston center Yao Ming
Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; Pinyin: Yáo Míng would have been the most dazzling player on the floor, finishing with 33 points and 16 rebounds and converting 16 of 25 shots. But the Rockets had no answer for Bryant. They lost guard David Wesley For the board game designer, see David Wesely. David Barakau Wesley (born November 14, 1970, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is currently retired and lives in Houston, TX. to a broken rib in Friday's victory over Washington and already were playing without Tracy McGrady  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . . That left the 6-foot-3 Head to try to stop Bryant, with Bogans also taking his turns. ``When I have a little guy on me,'' Bryant said, ``I want to just punish them a little bit.'' He posted up Head and made a jumper to start the third quarter. He took two dribbles and pulled up on the move from 23 feet. He finished an alley-oop pass from Smush Parker William Henry "Smush" Parker (born June 1 1981, in New York, New York) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.[1] Parker played shooting guard in college, but moved to point guard in the NBA. with a dunk. He capped the quarter with a 3-pointer over Bogans from the right side. ``If you notice, a lot of my jump shots were one-dribble pull-ups,'' Bryant said. ``I was just catching, squaring up, shooting. Post turnaround jump shots, things like that.'' Bryant made three of five 3-pointers, had six assists against two turnovers, and exited to a standing ovation with 3:51 left. The Rockets are going nowhere at 32-41, but Yao showed just how far he has come this season. The last time the Lakers and Rockets played on Feb. 8, Yao finished with 14 points on 7-of-17 shooting as Kwame Brown did a commendable job on defense. But Yao was unstoppable in the first half Sunday, scoring 20 points and hitting 10 of 16 shots. Yao connected on all manner of turnarounds, hook shots and bank shots over Brown. ``I turned him out, I did everything right,'' Brown said. ``If you've got a 7-6 guy hitting fadeaways, what are you going to do?'' The Lakers did a better job on Yao in the second half, sending a second defender to help Brown, and held the Rockets to 36 points. ``They had some young players out there on the floor,'' Jackson said, ``and we were able to overwhelm them over the course of the second half.'' Ross Siler, (818) 713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Kobe Bryant, center, on Sunday tied a franchise record set by Elgin Baylor in the 1962-63 season by recording his 23rd 40-point game. Bryant scored 43 in the Lakers' win over Houston. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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