Updated at 7:23 p.m., Sunday, March 25, 2007
Lakers win, but Kobe's streak of 50-point games over
By John Nadel
Associated Press
Bryant scored 17 points in the first nine minutes tonight, but cooled off after that and finished with 43 in the Lakers' fifth straight victory, a 115-113 triumph over the Golden State Warriors.
Bryant had scored at least 50 points in four straight games to become the second player in NBA history with such a streak, joining the late Wilt Chamberlain.
Chamberlain scored 50 or more in a record seven straight games in December 1961. He also had a five-game streak and three four-game streaks during the 1961-62 season, when he averaged a record 50.4 points.
Lamar Odom had 24 points and 19 rebounds to match his career high, and Smush Parker scored 13 points for the Lakers (38-32), who won their fifth straight and eighth in a row over the Warriors.
