Kobe Bryant knew he was not playing his best basketball but he and his supporting cast still tried best to play better and managed to end their two-game losing streak by beating the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
Still putting on his No. 24 NBA jersey despite broken right index finger, Bryant had 12 points on 4 of 21 shooting, his fourth consecutive sub-par shooting performance. But his teammates did quite good job. Andrew Bynum became the top performer by having 17 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Shannon Brown added 19 points, Jordan Farmar scored 17 points and Derek Fisher had 11.
Milwaukee’s 77 points were the fewest the team has ever scored against the Lakers. Their top performer Jodie Meeks had only 12 points and 5 rebounds. Hakim Warrick had 14, Brandon Jennings, Luke Ridnour and Charlie Bell each added 10 points.