NBA: Los Angeles Lakers 106, Sacramento 99

Bryant had nine rebounds and seven assists to go with Gasol's 12 boards in the Lakers' 50th victory of the season.

Andrew Bynum also collected a dozen rebounds for the Lakers, who had 23 second-chance points to Sacramento's nine.

Sacramento's Tyreke Evans had 25 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Carl Landry scored 15 points.

Los Angeles held a narrow 49-48 lead at halftime but padded its advantage to 10 points in the third quarter. Lamar Odom hit a shot at the buzzer to make it 77-68 at the end of the period.

The Lakers scored the first seven points of the final quarter and the Kings could get no closer than eight points the rest of the way.

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