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Lakers’ Bryant Hoping to Play Friday
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant sat out his second straight game Wednesday with a sore back, missing his team’s 101-99 loss to the Orlando Magic at Amway Center. The 37-year-old Bryant missed his first game of what could be his final NBA season Tuesday in Miami, saying afterward that he “had trouble walking.”
“Still too tight. Still too tight,” Bryant said Wednesday. “Stretching it as much as I can. Icing it down as much as I can. Hopefully by Friday I’ll be ready.”
Source: Baxter Holmes of ESPN
