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Article: Bryant is likely out for weeks
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- January 15, 2005
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Kobe Bryant joked about a restless night spent watching "The
Chronicles of Riddick" and "Dodgeball" while his severely sprained
right ankle swelled to the limits of itswrapping.
Then he said he might call the Lakers' locker room at halftime of
tonight's game against the Golden State Warriors, just to check up on
the guys, and, "hopefully, we'll be up by 20 or something like that."
The one thing that wasn't a laughing matter Friday was the length
of time -- still measured in weeks, plural -- before Bryant's return
to the court.
He likely will go on the injured list today and be sidelined a
minimum of five games and 11 days after injuring his ankle in the
first quarter Thursday night against ...