10 things New York brought out in the Lakers

“It was a good game for us to have,” Kobe Bryant said afterward, noting it was a “mental battle” and the Lakers “didn’t panic” despite a 15-point halftime deficit. The Lakers need some pressurized situations to heighten their focus. They have not been playing well, and it was summed up before the game by Phil Jackson thusly: “They’ve lost that spark, and so that’s what missing – and people see it.” The spark returned when Bryant hit a 3-pointer and set up a Derek Fisher basket for the Lakers to take the lead. Almost all the chill Lakers fans were on their feet, reveling in the rediscovered intensity – even though there were more than five minutes still left in the game!

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