Atkins Activated
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov 22 -- The Los Angeles Lakers announced Friday they have activated Chucky Atkins and placed Kareem Rush on the injured list.
Atkins will be in uniform tomorrow night when the Lakers host the Milwaukee Bucks at Staples Center
RECOVER JUST IN TIME
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Bryant fly high for a 47 point performance.
Lakers seems like they never take a break, they just continue where they left off. Especially Kobe Bryant as he easily scored 18 points. He started the game with a 3 point shot and followed it with a steal against Van Horn. Redd paced the Bucks with 7 point. Odom and Stoudamire had 5 a piece. Lakers forced the Bucks to 48% while shooting a 64% on the field. Bucks also had already committed 10 turnovers. The score was 34-22 in favor of the Lakers.
Odom try posting Van Horn
Mason received an alley-oop pass from James
Lakers extend their lead in the 2nd quarter. Thanks to Bryant’s 24 points output they now lead the Bucks by 24 points. Odom also joined the scoring barrage by scoring 9 in this quarter. Korver with his outside sniping score 8 points. Redd was called for his 3rd foul to add woes to Bucks. Mason lead the team with his 12 points. Lakers leads 67-43 at halftime.
Van Horn was unconsious at the 3 point line
James joined Van Horn in bringing back the Bucks in the 3rd quarter
The Lakers came from the locker room relaxed while the Bucks were hyped. The 2nd half started by a long shot by Redd. But just after a minute, he was called for a foul trying to reach against Stoudamire. Trailing by 22 with your best players out with foul trouble, that was a big problem. But Van Horn didn’t want to surrender the fight. With help coming from Mike James, Van Horn shot the light out as he scored 15 points on 7 of 8 on the field (3 of 4 shooting from downtown). James on the other hand led the fastbreak attack of Bucks scoring 10. With Van Horn shooting and James fastbreaks the lead was cut down to 10. Bryant fight toe-to-toe with Van Horn as he also scored 15 to protect the lead and Lakers was leading 88-74 after 3 quarters.
Mihm dunks over Santioago.
In the 4th quarter, Lakers protected their 14 point lead and even made it 18. But a back-to-back-to back 3 point shots (Van Horn, Redd, Van Horn) cut the lead to a single digit after a long time. The game was slipping to Lakers as the Bucks even lead the game at 112-019. But Bryant and Odom made back to back baskets to regained the lead. Bucks was trailing by 1, 113-112 with 15 sec left, Redd missed a 3 point shot. They then fouled Bryant, who calmly sank both free throws to make it 115-112. Then a steal by Odom for a jam sealed the game with 5 seconds left.
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