Kobe Bryant: L.A. Lakers

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  Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant celebrates after teammate Vladimir Radmanovic, of Serbia, scored a basket at the end of the third quarter of the basketball game against Sacramento Kings at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates in the final minutes against the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center on April 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)

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  Sacramento Kings guard Quincy Douby, right, steals the ball from Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, left, as teammate John Salmons looks on during the second quarter of the basketball game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday April 15, 2008. Douby led the Kings (38-44) with a career-high 32 points and the Lakers won, 124-101.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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  Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol (16), of Spain, scores on a layup as Sacramento Kings center Mikki Moore, left, and Lakers Lamar Odom look on during the first quarter of the basketball game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday April 15, 2008. Gasol had 22 points, leading MVP candidate Kobe Bryant added 20, and the Lakers beat the short-handed Sacramento Kings, 124-101. to clinch the No. 1 seed in the West and home-court advantage throughout the conference playoffs. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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  Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) is fouled by Sacramento Kings forward Shelden Williams (22) during the second quarter of the basketball game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday April 15, 2008. Bryant scored 20 points and the Lakers beat the short-handed Kings, 124-101,to clinch the No. 1 seed in the West and home-court advantage throughout the conference playoffs. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates on the bench in the final minutes against the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center on April 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)

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  Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant (L) and Pau Gasol celebrate during their NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Los Angeles, April 15, 2008. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15: (L-R)Ronny Turiaf #21, Kobe Bryant #24, Derek Fisher #2 and Trevor Ariza #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers look on the from the sideline in the final minutes against the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center on April 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15: Kobe Bryant (L) #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers has a laugh on the bench in the final minutes against the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center on April 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)

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  Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant walks off the basketball court after defeating the Sacramento Kings 124-101 to win the Western Conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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