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Kobe Wanted To Guard Westbrook
Jackson said Bryant approached him and said, "I'd like to guard Westbrook." He added: "It takes a much higher activity level (to guard Westbrook). It's every play. There's no time off on defense. It told me what his determination was, whether his knee was better or not (I don't know)." Westbrook ended up scoring 15 points on 4-for-13 shooting as Los Angeles was victorious. "I enjoy the challenge," Bryant said. "He's been playing sensational, and if we're going to be eliminated I don't want to go into the summer thinking I could've done something about it, so I accepted the challenge." Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Game 5 Is 'Must-Win' For Lakers
The teams are tied at two games apiece. "It's a must-win for us," Gasol said after Monday's practice. "They can afford to lose the game and then go back to Oklahoma and try to do their thing again and force that Game 7 ... We can't afford to lose this game. "It's really a game where we want to establish ourselves and send a message to them that they might be playing well, they're played really well at home, they got two games, but that's all they're going to get ... We got to play harder, we got to play smarter than them and make sure we make a statement in that Game 5 and make them understand that there's no chance, there's no light." Oklahoma City dominated Los Angeles in Game 4, but coach Phil Jackson wants his team to forget about the outcome. "We have to let that one go down the drain and flush it down the toilet and let it go," Jackson said. "You don't have to bring it back up again and analyze it." Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Report: 'Zero Chance' Bosh Goes To Thunder
Bosh is expected to hit the free agent market. "And in case it comes up again: Bosh-to-OKC has zero chance of happening for more reasons than I can list in 140 characters," Bucher wrote on his Twitter page. Oklahoma City Thunder, Toronto Raptors Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Thunder Apr 2010 Archive
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Kobe Bryant approached Lakers coach Phil Jackson about guarding Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook in Tuesday night's Game 5.
Lakers forward Pau Gasol sees the team's Game 5 battle against the Thunder on Tuesday night as the biggest game of the season.
ESPN's Ric Bucher is doing his best to deny rumors that Oklahoma City could be a potential landing spot for Raptors forward Chris Bosh this summer.