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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
December 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers battled like crazy to put the short-handed Phoenix Suns away.
That’s precisely what Kobe Bryant expected they would have to do.
Pau Gasol scored 28 points, Bryant had seven of his 18 in the last 6½ minutes, and the Western....