Kobe goes wild in OT, Lakers beat Hornets 115-111

M4rl : It could have been an easy win if they didn't "over-rest" their starters. Coz every time the bench players comes in, Hornets rallies. Anyways, they win, that is all that matters. Go for the championship Lakers!

Kobe goes wild in OT, Lakers beat Hornets 115-111

LOS ANGELES – The New Orleans Hornets were the only NBA team that hadn't played an overtime game this season, so they might have forgotten what was required to win in the extra period.

They could've started with defending Kobe Bryant.

Bryant scored 11 of his 39 points in OT and the Los Angeles Lakers beat New Orleans 115-111 on Friday night, snapping an NBA-record streak of 13 overtime wins by the Hornets dating to December 2005.

"There have been many times this season where the starting unit struggled and the bench came in and bailed us out. Tonight was the opposite," Bryant said. "Anytime you have a game like that where you kinda seesaw down the stretch like that and come out with a win, it's always good."

Pau Gasol had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the defending Western Conference champions, who won for the 14th time in 16 games. Derek Fisher, whose 3-pointer with 14.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter forced overtime, made four free throws in the final 14.3 seconds of the extra period to ice it.