EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum are back practicing with the Los Angeles Lakers after missing time with injuries.
The defending champions went through a 212-hour practice Friday that coach Phil Jackson calls their hardest of the season.
Bryant sat out four of the team’s final five regular-season games to rest a swollen right knee and a broken finger on his right hand. Bynum missed 13 straight games with a strained right Achilles’.
The Lakers head into Sunday’s playoff opener against Oklahoma City having lost seven of their last 11 regular-season games. But Bryant says he’s feeling revived, while Bynum says he feels good, but still has to get his timing and conditioning back.
