Lakers 108, Heat 105

It's not often the Lakers can pull out a win when Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol combine to shoot just 9 for 29 (31 percent) from the field, but Andrew Bynum stepped up with 24 points, including a go-ahead tip-in with 18.5 seconds remaining to help seal a hard-fought 108-105 win over the pesky Miami Heat Sunday night at Staples Center.

Bryant, who expended a ton of energy defending Miami's All Star shooting guard Dwyane Wade, had 19 points and seven assists, but shot just 5-for-14 from the field. He also left the game with a bloody bump across his right eye that required four stitches after the game, suffered when he knocked the ball away from Wade near the end of the game.

``It's the most I've ran in a long time,'' Bryant said. ``Chasing a guy full court, denying him all over the place. It was fun though.''

After Wade torched the Lakers for 35 points in Miami's upset win over the Lakers on December 19, Bryant said the Lakers knew they had to try a different tactic against the NBA's scoring leader.

``We had to do something about him,'' Bryant said.

It wasn't easy though. Wade had 27 points on 10-of-22 shooting, but acknowledged that Bryant made his night quite a bit more difficult.

``That's what it's all about,'' Wade said. ``We both play hard. With guys like Kobe, you love to play those games. He was on me all over the court and for me it was fun trying to figure out a way to get open and do different things.''