All times are CENTRAL<BR><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5><tr style='color:#ffffff;background-color:#000099;font-size: 14px;font-family: Arial;text-shadow: 0 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,1);'><td colspan=2 align=center><b>Visitor</b></td><td colspan=2 align=center style='border-left:1px solid #9999FF;'><b>Home</b></td><td align=center><b><nobr> Time </nobr></b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Lakers (34-32) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Bryant 27.5 ppg<br>D. Howard 12.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Pacers (40-24) Leaders:</b><BR>P. George 17.6 ppg<br>R. Hibbert 8.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Hornets (22-43) Leaders:</b><BR>E. Gordon 16.9 ppg<br>A. Davis 7.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Wizards (21-42) Leaders:</b><BR>J. Wall 14.8 ppg<br>E. Okafor 9.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Bobcats (14-50) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Walker 17.2 ppg<br>B. Biyombo 7.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Raptors (25-40) Leaders:</b><BR>R. Gay 17.9 ppg<br>A. Johnson 7.3 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Suns (22-43) Leaders:</b><BR>G. Dragic 14.0 ppg<br>M. Gortat 8.5 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Hawks (35-29) Leaders:</b><BR>A. Horford 17.3 ppg<br>A. Horford 10.1 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Timberwolves (22-40) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Love 18.3 ppg<br>K. Love 14.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Rockets (35-30) Leaders:</b><BR>J. Harden 26.2 ppg<br>O. Asik 11.8 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>7:00 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Magic (18-47) Leaders:</b><BR>A. Afflalo 16.8 ppg<br>N. Vucevic 11.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Thunder (48-17) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Durant 28.3 ppg<br>K. Durant 7.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>7:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Cavaliers (22-42) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Irving 23.0 ppg<br>A. Varejao 14.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Mavericks (30-34) Leaders:</b><BR>O. Mayo 17.0 ppg<br>S. Marion 7.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>7:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Heat (49-14) Leaders:</b><BR>L. James 26.5 ppg<br>L. James 8.1 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Bucks (32-31) Leaders:</b><BR>M. Ellis 19.4 ppg<br>L. Sanders 9.1 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>7:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Grizzlies (44-19) Leaders:</b><BR>Z. Randolph 15.8 ppg<br>Z. Randolph 11.5 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Nuggets (44-22) Leaders:</b><BR>T. Lawson 17.0 ppg<br>K. Faried 9.6 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>8:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Bulls (35-29) Leaders:</b><BR>L. Deng 16.1 ppg<br>J. Noah 11.5 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Warriors (37-29) Leaders:</b><BR>S. Curry 22.2 ppg<br>D. Lee 11.2 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>9:30 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr></table>
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter It's "doubtful" that Kobe (ankle) is going to play tonight. But since it's Kobe, the team won't 100% rule him out. Maybe 99% doubtful.
He's gonna pretend to limp all game (especially on defense), but the pain will magically subside during random drives or fadeaways. He will forget to 'limp' at least once or twice, realize his mistake, then proceed to super-limp for the next minute until he's sure it's caught on camera.
Kobe ankle injury wasn't even all that bad if doesn't miss a single game. Hes not even going to miss time.
News/Kobe/Media and everything was trying to make this injury all serious but its not. Not even a game missed.
Only Kobe can severely sprain his ankle and play the next game. All hail Godbe. Only human in the world who could do it. I bet he could drop 20 with a broken foot, too.