Lakers Beat Rockets In Overtime, 103-102.

The Rockets and Lakers faced off for the first time since Ron Artest joined LA and Trevor Ariza joined Houston. And it was a shoot-out.

The game went to overtime, the second OT in as many night for the Lakers. They ended up beating the Rockets, 103-102. Kobe Bryant scored 41 points and he had some help from the big man, Andrew Bynum, who scored 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the Lakers victory.

Ron Artest scored 15 points in his return to Houston and Trevor Ariza also scored 15 in his first meeting against his former Lakers teammates.

The Rockets Carl Landry scored 20 points and Aaron Brooks added 15 in the Rockets loss.

Lakers Beat The Oklahoma City Thunder In Overtime, 101-98

The Oklahoma City Thunder gave the Los Angeles Lakers all they could handle on tuesday night, but the Lakers ended up winning in overtime by the score of 101-98 in OKC.

This game featured a great scoring night by the Thunders' Kevin Durant. That is until the end of the 3rd quarter and overtime. For the game Durant had 28 points, but he never scored another point after the 3rd quarter.

But even with Kevin Durant struggling late, the Thunder still took the Lakers to OT. Thanks to Jeff Green, who had 18 points, and Russell Westbrook, who had 12.

Kobe Bryant had 31 points including the go-ahead jumper with 2:29 left in overtime. And Kobe had plenty of help from his Lakers teammates. Andrew Bynum scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Ron Artest had 20 points. And rounding out the Lakers scoring was Lamar Odom, who had 13 points and 8 assists.

Kobe Bryant Scores 41 Points In Bounce Back Win Over The Atlanta Hawks

After playing like garbage at home against the Dallas Mavericks a few nights back at Staples Center, the Los Angeles lakers bounced back with a 118-10 win over the Atlanta Hawks sunday night.

Kobe Bryant went off by scoring 41 points and grabbing 8 rebounds in the win. The Lakers took over in the 3rd with an 18-0 scoring run over Atlanta. Lakers' center Andrew Bynum scored 21 points and Lamar Odom had 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Lake Show.



The Atlanta Hawks were lead by Joe Johnson's 27 points, 18 of them coming in the first quarter. Mike Bibby scored 15 points and Jamal Crawford added 17. Rookie Jeff Teague was impressive for the Hawks. He scored 12 points in the fourth quarter as he tried to bring the Hawks back. But too much Kobe is a bad thing for Lakers' opponents. And we all knew Kobe was going to come out with a big game after the bad loss against Dallas.