ILL ADVISED THE THEN CAME ON

THE COURT AND SEEMED

DIPLOMATS INTERESTED, UNEVEN

GAIJD, NOT ENGAGED AND WAS

BENCHED.

STU: THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR THE

LAKERS.

BILL: KOBE JUMPER.

YES.

MINUTE TO PLAY.

WE ARE TIED AT 97.

KOBE HAS GOT 26 POINTS,

8-236789 -- 8-23.

KLAY THOMPSON BLOCKED BY

WORLD PEACE.

MWP DEFENSIVELY.

HE COMES UP HUGE AGAIN IN

THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE

GAME.

STU: WORLD PEACE HAS BEEN IN

THE MIX EVERY TIME.

BLOCKS IT WITH THE LEFT, OFF

THE LEG OF KLAY THOMPSON AND

THE KOBE GAVE THE LAKERS THE

TWO-POINT LEAD.

BILL: LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN.

HERE IS KOBE AGAIN FOR THE

LEAD.

GOT IT!

99-97 KOBE TWO IN A ROW.

32.3 AND THE LAKERS LEAD.

STU: WELL, WE'VE SEEN IT

MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES AS

KOBE GIVES THE LAKERS THE 32.3 S

BY TWO.

TWO CONSECUTIVE BASKETS BY

THAT MAN, THE FIRST ONE TO

TIE IT AND THEN THIS ONE TO

GIVE THE LAKERS THE

TWO-POINT LEAD AN THAT'S NOT

AN EASY SHOT, BUT HE JUST

MAKES IT LOOK THAT WAY.

OH, SO MANY TIMES,

STU: 101-97 THE LAKERS BY

FOUR, A COUPLE OF BIG

HOOPS BY THAT MAN, NO. 24.

FIRST ONE TIED AND MESMERIZE