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By rss@youtube.com (kier0018) Bryant plays briefly in Lakers' victory ONTARIO,CA (AP) --Kobe Bryant, coming back from a knee injury, made a brief appearance at the start of Los Angeles' final preseason game Friday night and appeared to be moving fine in the Lakers' 105-94 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Los An...

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February 24, 2008 Kobe Bryant made it look too easy scoring, distributing and leading the Los Angeles Lakers back to the top of the Western Conference. Bryant scored 21 points in just 26 minutes and handed out 10 assists in Los Angeles' 111-91 win - its season-high eighth straight - over the...

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "This was why Trevor Ariza came to Houston, for nights like these. It was not that he wanted to beat the Lakers, though he seemed to enjoy that as much as a very classy pregame ceremony in which Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher gave him his championship ri...

By Taylor Smith Oklahoma City has Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, and James Harden. If those kinds of guys are able to put up those kinds of numbers on the Blazers, what will guys like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Chris Paul be able to do?

By Alex Tichenor G Kobe Bryant/Deron Williams/Dwyane Wade F LeBron James/Carmelo Anthony/Pau Gasol F Tim Duncan/Kevin Durant/Dirk Nowitzki C Dwight Howard/Amare Stoudemire/ Al Jefferson Individual Awards Boston over Atlanta in six Boston over Orlando in seven Finals MVP: LeBron James

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Kobe Bryant angrily denied a story in Wednesday's Dallas Morning News claiming he had contacted University of Texas freshman star Kevin Durant at the direction of the Nike shoe company. -- Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant angrily denied a report that he contacted Texas freshman Kevin Durant on behalf of Nike, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant angrily denied a report that he contacted Texas freshman Kevin Durant on behalf of Nike, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

By By Chip Brown AUSTIN, Texas - Word is Kobe Bryant has already called Kevin Durant on behalf of Nike and that a shoe deal ranging between $30 million and $50 million simply needs to be presented.