Bryant and Walton lead Lakers to victory Sunday over Clippers

With 32 and 15 points respectively, Kobe Bryant and Luke Walton lead the Lakers to a 113-92 victory over the LA Clippers Sunday at the Staples Center - a facility the two organizations share - and helped command the same type of team spirit that has compelled the Lakers to win the last five of six games played. Although the Lakers fell to rivals the Golden State Warriors on Friday, that didn’t seem to get them down - in contrast, many team members who had been in a slump point-wise emerged in full force for Sunday’s game. Lakers Sasha Vujacic had 14 points in the fourth quarter and Andrew Bynum came through with 14 points, nine rebounds and six blocked shots, according to an Associated Press article published on the Lakers official Web site.

The Lakers faced a bit of competition from Clippers point guard Corey Maggette, with his 27-point game and his mid-court buzzer shot that topped him off at 21 points at the end of the third quarter and diminished the Lakers lead to 82-76. The Lakers are at an advantage against the Clippers, being 4-6 in their last ten games against their close competitor and have only lost two series games in franchise history to the Clippers (1974-75 and 1992-93). The teams are scheduled to meet again in late February.

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