Kendrick Perkins Gets 'Personal' Over Kobe Bryant As First Take Guest Recollects 'One Of The Best Moments Of My Life'
The Lakers completed the season at 45–37, good for seventh in the West. Playing without Bryant, the Lakers were swept in 4 games by the San Antonio Spurs in the first spherical of the playoffs. Bryant acquired experimental platelet-rich plasma therapy called Orthokine in Germany to deal with the pain on his left knee and ankle, and Mike Brown cha