The Bobcats scored 13 to 4 in the third overtime.
Okafor scored 12 points with 25 rebounds, Gerald Wallace scored 11 points with 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks, Felton scored 32 points with 5 assists, Matt Carroll scored 21 points, Jumaine Jones scored 12 points, Alan Anderson scored 12 points, Herrmann scored 9 points... Six players on the Bobcats scored in double figures. After a triple-overtime battle, they narrowly defeated the Lakers with a score of 133 to 124!
Kobe played 63 minutes, made 22 of 41 shots, and scored a whopping 58 points.
Odom underperformed tonight, playing 48 minutes, making only 5 of 15 shots, and scoring just 14 points with 11 rebounds and 5 assists.
Kwame Brown and Bynum also did not perform well on the rebounds; the Lakers lost 20 rebounds during the 63 minutes, with Okafor alone grabbing 11 offensive rebounds, instilling confidence in his teammates to fire from the perimeter.
