Kobe Bryant stretches his sprained ankle in the first half . (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Lamar Odom goes up over the New Orlean’s Hornets. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Andrew Bynum loses the ball as ex-Laker, now New Orleans guard Jannero Pargo watches. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown force Hornet big man Tyson Chandler to pass the ball. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Desmond Mason makes a big dunk in the final minutes of the game against the Lakers. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Kobe Bryant and Luke Walton can’t stop New Orleans guard Desmond Mason. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Lakers Ronny Turiaf and Maurice Evans stop New Orlean’s Hornet’s Chris Paul from scoring. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
Kobe Bryant is upset in the final minutes in their loss against the New Orleans Hornets. (Lori Shepler / LAT)
