Kobe suffers severe ankle sprain

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Lakers won without Kobe Bryant, and it might be quite a while before they'll get their next chance to win with him.

Bryant sustained a severely sprained right ankle and had to be helped off the court early in a 98-94 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.
"I'm guessing it might be weeks, it just doesn't feel like a day-to-day thing," Bryant said afterward when asked how long he thinks he'll be sidelined.
"It hurts, it hurts a lot," Bryant said. "It's the worst one I've had - I am in a lot of pain right now. I am just trying to stay off of it right now."

On crutches with his ankle wrapped, Bryant said he felt "crunching and instant throbbing" when he went down.
X-rays were negative, but Bryant will have an MRI on Friday.
Lamar Odom had 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Caron Butler added 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who won for the third time in four games.

James led Cleveland with 28 points, a season-high 13 rebounds and nine assists to just miss his first career triple-double. Jeff McInnis added 20 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.

Bryant, the NBA's second-leading scorer with a 28.2-point average, was injured when he landed on Ira Newble's right foot while going for a rebound under the Cavaliers' basket with 5:39 left in the first quarter. Newble was called for a foul on the play. Entire Article>>>

   

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posted by ADMIN @ Friday, January 14, 2005