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Published on Sunday, May 11, 2008
By Steve Dilbeck
SALT LAKE CITY
They were supposed to have learned this lesson by now. Were supposed to have relished the learning, felt they were a better team for it.
Yet there the Lakers were Sunday, standing around, waiting for Kobe Bryant to save them at the very moment he struggled to even lift himself off the floor.
At a time when they needed to lift him up, the Lakers passed him the ball and reverted to their four statues routine.
When they needed to demonstrate more than ever how they welcomed the team concept, that they were no longer reliant on Kobe to constantly try and come to their rescue, they took a dismal step backwards.
His teammates let him down. The result was a difficult 123-115 loss in overtime that threatens to have far-reaching effects on the Lakers' postseason ambitions.
Kobe yanked his lower back on the second play of the game, and it appeared to only tighten up on him from then on. The view of Kobe was not always pretty
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