National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
L.A. Lakers 98, New Orleans 80
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 28, 2011
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #10 Ron Garretson, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 17949

Kobe Bryant scored 24 points and Andrew Bynum added 18 and 12 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers finished off the New Orleans Hornets with a 98-80 victory Thursday in Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round series.

The second-seeded Lakers will face the winner of the Dallas-Portland series, which the Mavericks will try to wrap up later Thursday.

With Bynum grabbing eight offensive rebounds, Los Angeles again dominated the boards, 41-30. The Lakers also forced Hornets star guard Chris Paul into his worst offensive game of the playoffs.

Paul came in averaging 24.4 points and 11.6 rebounds but was held to a series-low 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting and committed five turnovers. He had 11 assists and eight rebounds.

Pau Gasol scored 16 points and Lamar Odom had 14, eight rebounds and four assists for the Lakers, whose reserves held a 30-21 scoring edge.

Bryant scored 13 points and Gasol 10 in the third quarter as Los Angeles widened a six-point halftime lead to 69-57 entering the final period. The Lakers led by as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter.

Carl Landry scored 19 points and Trevor Ariza added 12 for the seventh-seeded Hornets, who were just 3-for-14 from 3-point range.

Top Game Performances
 
L.A. Lakers   New Orleans
Kobe Bryant 24 Scoring Carl Landry 19
Metta World Peace 5 Assists Chris Paul 11
Andrew Bynum 12 Rebounds Chris Paul 8
Kobe Bryant 10 Free Throws Made Carl Landry 7
Kobe Bryant 3 Steals Marco Belinelli 2
Andrew Bynum 2 Blocks Emeka Okafor 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
L.A. Lakers 98 45.9 5-14 25-26 23 43 6 7 13
New Orleans 80 42.9 3-14 17-18 20 30 2 7 15
Upcoming Games
  • L.A. Lakers will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Lakers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.