Lakers 82 - Bulls 72 11/19/06
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Lakers coach Phil Jackson usually delegates the responsibility of watching tape of his team's next opponent to his assistants. This time, with the Chicago Bulls coming to town, he did it himself. Call it a pang of nostalgia.
Jackson, who coached the Bulls to six NBA titles and the Lakers to three, improved his record against Chicago to 9-4 as Lamar Odom's 23 points and 10 rebounds carried Los Angeles to an 82-72 victory on Sunday night.
"It's been nine years since I coached the Bulls," Jackson said. "And because it gets so familiar, I decided this would be the team I'd scout relieve my crack staff and take it on myself this time. It brought on a familiarity of the Chicago Bulls to me."
Andrew Bynum added 12 points and 13 rebounds for the LA Lakers before fouling out. Kobe Bryant scored 18 points, matching his lowest total in eight games since returning from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in July.
Last season's NBA scoring champ shot 5-for-14 after getting 31 points in Friday's 107-100 win against Toronto, but the Lakers still managed to win their third in a row and hand Chicago its fourth straight loss.
"Most people around the league would say there isn't another team that plays with the same intensity," Jackson said of the Bulls. "You know they're driven. They'll push you to the extreme and they'll wear you out because they work so hard. They're a hard-achieving team, and sometimes there's more froth than substance sort of like a latte. There's not much there. I didn't mean that to be an insult, but they have trouble scoring."
The only one who didn't was Andres Nocioni, who had a career-high 30 points. The third-year forward, who missed his first nine shots in Friday's 110-83 loss at San Antonio and came in with a 10.7 scoring average, made five of his first seven against the Lakers and finished 11-for-21 overall.
"The last couple of games I really played bad with turnovers and missing shots," Nocioni said. "When I came here tonight, I just thought about my shot and playing hard."
Next up: Los Angeles Lakers vs LA Clippers Tuesday Nov 21 at the LA Staples Center.
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