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Lakers get championship rings then beat Clippers behind Bryant, Bynum

Associated Press

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant slipped the ring on in the locker room, his finger weighed down by the 14 brilliant white diamonds set in yellow and white gold. Then he took it off and returned it to the custom box that would soon end up stored for years to come in a vault at home. "I never wear them except for the night that I get them," he said Tuesday after the Lakers opened defense of their NBA championship with a 99-92 victory over the Clippers. "It's on to the next one." Bryant scored 33 p ...

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