Los Angeles, May. 23. - The San Antonio Spurs appear to be a tired, beaten-up team in trouble. Perhaps the fact that they just survived a similar predicament will give them hope.
Kobe Bryant scored 22 points, Lamar Odom added 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers took command late in the second quarter to rout the Spurs 101-71 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals over the defending champions.
Only 14 of the 222 teams to lose the first two games in a best-of-seven NBA playoff series have come back to win, including the Spurs in their second-round matchup with the Hornets. But this figures to be a tougher assignment -- San Antonio has to be perfect at home and win a game at Staples Center, where the Lakers are 7-0 in the postseason and have won 13 straight.
| Top Performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SAN ANTONIO | LOS ANGELES | ||
 | T. Duncan Points: 12 Reb: 16 Ast: 4 Stl: 1 Blk: 1 |  | L. Odom Points: 20 Reb: 12 Ast: 2 Stl: 0 Blk: 4 |
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