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Thunder Take 2-0 Series Lead Kevin Durant scored 22 points and made the decisive basket as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the Los Angeles Lakers. more Kobe...
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Kobe Bryant Failing to Finish Against Thunder Kobe Bryant’s reputation as a strong finisher has come into question now that the Lakers have lost the first two games of their series against the Thunder. more Kobe...
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Russell Westbrook’s Newfound Maturity Punishes Lakers Russell Westbrook, the Thunder’s 23-year-old point guard, had 27 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds — mostly against Kobe Bryant — on Monday night. more Kobe...
Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Nuggets Making Things Interesting Against Lakers The Nuggets dug themselves a deep hole against the Lakers, but have found a way to get back into the series and force a Game 7. more Kobe...
Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Through Titles and Tangles, Lakers’ Bryant Remains Enigmatic At 33, the oldest first-team all-N.B.A. player by six years, Kobe Bryant has overcome injury and his own rash mistakes to become one of the Lakers’ greatest. more Kobe...
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Elton Brand Helps 76ers Get Back on Track Philadelphia beat Atlanta after coming off a 21-point loss to lowly Washington that knocked it out of first place in the Atlantic Division and down to No. 7 in the Eastern Conference. more Kobe...
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Lakers Find Way to End Dallas’s Winning Streak Kobe Bryant scored 30 points, and Pau Gasol added 27 points as the Los Angeles Lakers stopped the host Dallas Mavericks’ four-game winning streak with a 109-93 victory Wednesday night. more Kobe...
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  OFF THE DRIBBLE; Keeping Score: Bryant Has the Stats Of a Not-Quite-M.V.P. Justin Kubatko Keeping Score column on Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant; notes that Bryant has been leading the NBA in scoring, but some advanced statistical shortcomings could preclude him from MVP consideration; says that regardless, Bryant is still one of the best players in the NBA. Photo (M)l more Kobe...
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Keeping Score: Bryant Has the Stats Of a Not-Quite-M.V.P. Despite his sometimes gaudy statistics, the Los Angeles Lakers star is falling short of the most valuable player plateau. more Kobe...
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Bryant Draws Up Lakers’ Winning Play, but Places Himself on the Periphery Kobe Bryant scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and made a go-ahead jumper with 41.7 seconds left, and Bynum’s hook shot over Kevin Garnett capped the Lakers’ victory Sunday. more Kobe...
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400
  Williams Scores Team-Record 57 in Nets Win Deron Williams scored a franchise-record 57 points to lift the visiting Nets to a 104-101 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday night. more Kobe...
Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500
  Leading Off: A Glorious Climb for Pat Summitt Tennessee's Southeastern Championship gave everyone a chance to appreciate what Coach Pat Summitt has done in women's basketball. more Kobe...
Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500
  Mapping the N.B.A. Kirk Goldsberry, a visiting scholar on geography at Harvard, set out to answer who was the best shooter in the N.B.A., a quality that traditional metrics like shooting percentage do not fully address. more Kobe...
Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500
  Leading Off: Bryant's Brain Cramp Kobe Bryant lost more by playing after a concussion than by beating the Timberwolves, and college basketball legacies were all the news at U.C.L.A. and Northwestern. more Kobe...
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500
  Lopez’s 38 Points Help Nets Edge the Mavericks Brook Lopez scored 38 points, and made the go-ahead free throws with 42 seconds left to give the Nets a 93-92 victory in Dallas. more Kobe...
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500
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