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Sensing a fellow shooter had become gun shy, Kobe Bryant had a message for Carmelo Anthony last summer. Ignore the critics, he said. Stop worrying about fitting in and get back to a scorer's mentality. ''You have to do what you do best,'' Bryant told him. That's what Anthony did in a spectacular first quarter Thursday night, and by the time he was done Bryant and the struggling Los Angeles Lakers had no hope of ending their slump. Anthony...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score
Thu 12/13	NY	NY 116-107
Tue 12/25	LAL	LAL 100-94

Game Stats

Lakers (9-14) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts K. Bryant, G 44 10 6 5 31 M. World Peace, F 33 6 0 2 23 D. Howard, C 38 7 1 4 20 A. Jamison, F 21 6 1 2 3 C. Duhon, G 29 2 4 0 3 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts D. Ebanks 34 5 1 2 15 J. Meeks 28 4 0 2 12 R. Sacre 7 2 0 2 0 J. Hill 3 2 0 2 0 E. Clark 2 0 0 0 0 P. Gasol 0 0 0 0 0 D. Morris 0 0 0 0 0 S. Blake 0 0 0 0 0 D. Johnson-Odom 0 0 0 0 0 S. Nash 0 0 0 0 0

Knicks (17-5) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts C. Anthony, F 23 3 0 1 30 R. Felton, G 36 3 8 1 19 T. Chandler, C 36 4 2 4 18 R. Brewer, F 26 2 2 2 6 J. Kidd, G 39 9 5 1 5 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts J. Smith 27 3 2 4 18 S. Novak 26 3 4 2 12 R. Wallace 12 3 0 4 8 P. Prigioni 12 3 1 0 0 J. White 4 0 1 1 0 M. Camby 0 0 0 0 0 C. Copeland 0 0 0 0 0 K. Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 I. Shumpert 0 0 0 0 0 A. Stoudemire 0 0 0 0 0

Complete Box Score

Injury Report

Lakers Date Player Injury 4/26 S. Nash, PG Strained right hamstring 4/26 S. Blake, PG Strained right hamstring 4/24 J. Meeks, SG Sprained left ankle 4/13 K. Bryant, SG Left achilles

Knicks No injuries to report.

Player News

Lakers Pau Gasol (LAL - Forward-Center) News: Gasol is expected to make a full recovery from his knee procedures Thursday and will return to basketball activities in about 12 weeks.  (RotoWire - Thu. May 9, 2013) Pau Gasol (LAL - Forward-Center) News: Gasol will get ultrasonic treatment on both knees in an attempt to regenerate his tendons. The Lakers announced Gasol's plan Wednesday.  (STATS - Wed. May 8, 2013) Pau Gasol (LAL - Forward-Center) News: Gasol will undergo a procedure Thursday to attack the tendonosis he's experiencing in both of his knees, Yahoo! Sports reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. May 8, 2013)

Knicks J.R. Smith (NY - Guard-Forward) News: Smith was ice cold from the field in a Game 6 loss to the Pacers, going 4-for-15 for just 15 points in 35 minutes of action. He added 10 rebounds and 3 assists.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013) Raymond Felton (NY - Guard) News: Felton scored just two points (0-7 FG, 2-2 FT) to go with three rebounds, six assists and one steal in a Game 6 elimination loss to the Pacers.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013) Carmelo Anthony (NY - Forward) News: Anthony scored 39 points (15-29 FG, 1-4 3Pt, 8-8 FT) but they were not enough to avoid a Game 6 elimination loss to the Pacers. He added seven rebounds and two assists in 42 minutes of action.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013)