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Kobe posts 40 as Lakers grab Game 1 in impressive fashion

Associated Press

Thursday, June 4, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant has waited a year, a long year, for another chance at NBA title. He's not about to let this one slip away. The Olympic gold medal was nice. Not nearly enough. He covets another golden trophy. "I just want it so bad, that's all," Bryant said. "I just want it really bad." Bryant, playing like a man possessed, scored 40 points and the Los Angeles Lakers, who have waited nearly one year for a chance to erase bitter memories of a Boston beatdown and a championship the ...

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