LAKERS NOTEBOOK: BRYANT LISTED AS PROBABLE.

Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer

EL SEGUNDO -- Back at their practice facility after 48forgettable hours on the road, the Lakers focused their attention on the happenings in the film room and the trainer's room, neither one of which was a fun place to be.

They went frame-by-frame through a second quarter gone awry in Houston and checked on the condition of Kobe Bryant's strained left groin.

The Lakers listed Bryant as probable for tonight's game against Orlando.

Bryant, who suffered the injury in the second quarter Wednesday, will be limited if he does play. He underwent treatment and said his groin was no worse from the night before, though Lakers coach Phil Jackson was cautious.

``I don't think we can call it right now,'' Jackson said. ``I expect he's going to play, but I don't know what we can expect out of him.

``(Wednesday) night, I just didn't think he could run. He just couldn't run full-out. He couldn't do the things that he normally does. He couldn't get elevation on his shot. He was shooting an arm shot.''

Bryant made just 6 of 18shots against the Rockets and was hindered by the injury in the 17:40 he played in the second half.

``It hurts to accelerate, to get to the basket, trying to shift gears and change direction, things like that,'' Bryant said. ``You kind of have to pick your spots a little bit and feel it out.''

The Lakers need a victory tonight to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season.

Webber update: Jackson had a question of his own when asked about reports that free-agent forward Chris Webber has a wish list of five teams for which he would like to play, the Lakers being one of them.

``Did he give it to Santa?'' Jackson quipped. ``It's a little bit late for that.''

After reaching agreement on a buyout, Webber was waived Thursday by the Philadelphia 76ers. The Lakers could offer Webber a prorated contract for the veteran's minimum of $1.117 million, of which $433,797 would be covered by the NBA.

``We've always respected Chris Webber's game and he's a great player,'' Jackson said. ``We'll have to sit down and discuss that as an organization. ... We'll probably be able to talk about it in the next two days.''

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said he had seen the Lakers included on Webber's wish list. The other four teams were Detroit, Miami, Dallas and San Antonio.

``We'll discuss the possibility internally for the next day or two and see if it makes any sense,'' Kupchak said. ``It sounds to me like he has other options he's considering as well.''

Horror film: Even though the Lakers won the second quarter 24-23 against Houston, Jackson wanted his players to relive it on tape Thursday. It was the little things in that quarter, Jackson believed, that led to the Lakers' downfall in the third quarter.

He went over the spacing on offense, the lack of ball movement, even the final play of the half when Bryant couldn't get off a shot in the last 22.6 seconds. That cost the Lakers a chance at going into halftime with a lead.

``You have to be a unit,'' center Andrew Bynum said, ``and we didn't display that we were a unit (Wednesday) night.''

Quick fouls: If there was one constant in the Lakers' losses to Memphis and Houston, it was that Bryant slipped into foul trouble in the first quarter of both games.

Bryant was called for twofouls in the first 4:23 Wednesday, bringing Maurice Evans off the bench. Although Bryant played the entire secondquarter, the Lakers again were left to improvise early.

``It changes our rotation. It changes how players play. It changes our game a lot,'' Jackson said. ``We're going to have to live with it occasionally. But we wouldn't expect to live with it back-to-back nights.''

Brown update: Center Kwame Brown did some light shooting Thursday but won't have his severely sprained left ankle re-evaluated for another two weeks. The ankle recently swelled up again on Brown, who suffered the injury Dec. 31.

``It's so boring,'' Brown said. ``I miss you guys. I'm bored all day, every day. Anything beats laying on the training table.''

All-Star update: Bryant is the leader among Western Conference All-Star guards with more than 1.5 million votes in the totals released by the NBA.

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- Ross Siler