Lakers Top Bobcats At Home

Yahoo Sports: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 27 points and Chris Mihm got seven of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 109-93 exhibition victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.

The Lakers pulled away with a pair of three-point plays by Chris Mihm 21 seconds apart, taking a 93-82 lead with 6:27 to play. Jake Voskuhl and Melvin Ely each fouled out on the layups by Mihm, and Los Angeles scored nine straight points for a 102-84 lead after Bernard Robinson’s dunk ended Charlotte’s scoring drought.

Lakers forward Lamar Odom played 23 minutes, going 0-for-6 from the field. He got his first assist of the game in the third quarter on an alley-oop feed converted by Kwame Brown, whose slam dunk gave the Lakers a 67-64 lead with 7:35 left in the period.

Bryant, who scored 21 fourth-quarter points and hit a game-winning jumper in the final second the last time the teams met on March 12 at Charlotte, N.C., matched that total in the first half. But the Bobcats led 58-54 at intermission with 12 points each from Carroll and Knight.

The Lakers (3-2) will head down south to face the Bobcats again in San Diego on Sunday night. The game tips off at 6:30 PM PST and as always, we will have live Gameday coverage in our CL.com Forums!

What’s your take on the Lakers’ performance against the Bobcats? Is the team’s defensive efforts up to your expectations? How is the team coming along with their adjustments to the triangle offense? Sound off in our CL.com Gameday Discussion!

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