Flu, 'Wolves Can't Stop Kobe

Ailing Lakers can't help but rout Minnesota 116-95
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 5, 2007 3:14 AM CST
Flu, 'Wolves Can't Stop Kobe
Minnesota Timberwolves' Chris Richard, left, fouls Los Angeles Lakers' Sasha Vujacic, right, of Slovenia, as he attempts a shot in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, in Minneapolis. Vujacic scored 16 points in the Lakers' 116-95 win. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)   (Associated Press)

Neither germs, nor snow, nor injuries could keep the Lakers from winning last night's game against the Timberwolves. The team marched through a blizzard to reach the arena and Kobe Bryant soldiered on through nausea and fatigue to come up with 20 points in the 116-95 victory, the Los Angeles Times reports.

With Andrew Bynum incapacitated with flu and Kwame Brown sidelined with injuries, it took the desperation of a 2-5 run to drive the Lakers to overcome the hapless Timberwolves. Sebastian Telfair had a team-high 16 points for Minnesota, while Big Al Jefferson found himself only able to contribute 12 in the face of pressure from LA's backup centers, Chris Mihm and Lamar Odom. (More NBA stories.)

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