LAKERS VS. CHARLOTTE.Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., Forum. TV/Radio: Fox Sports West; KLAC-AM (570). Lakers (25-10) update: Although their six-game win streak was broken Monday night in Portland, a nine-game win streak at the Forum remains alive. 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. , drafted by the Hornets for the Lakers in June, is averaging 24.7 minutes over the past three games and has been earmarked for a bigger role by coach Del Harris, but Cedric Ceballos Cedric Z. Ceballos (born August 2 1969 in Maui, Hawaii) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. As a small forward, he played most notably for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns, later finishing his NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit returned to practice Tuesday and could be activated by the end of the week. Ceballos' return, coupled with recent solid play from Eddie Jones, Jerome Kersey Jerome Kersey (born June 26, 1962 in Clarksville, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for a number of teams, but most notably for the Portland Trail Blazers. He also has served in various coaching roles in the NBA. and Byron Scott Byron Scott may refer to:
Hornets (18-14) update: Behind 18 points and a season-high 16 rebounds from Vlade Divac Vlade Divac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владе Дивац, pronounced [ˈvlaːdɛ ˈdiːvaʦ] , Charlotte started a five-game West Coast swing Monday with a 109-101 victory at Golden State. Divac was decidedly less effective in the first meeting against his old team - going scoreless in 17 minutes in Charlotte's 88-78 home win over the Lakers on Nov. 6 - but did have 18 points against the Clippers at the Sports Arena on Dec. 3. Hornets regulars Matt Geiger and Scott Burrell are out with long-term injuries, forcing Divac, Anthony Mason and Glen Rice to routinely log 40 or more minutes. |
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