Here was what Kobe Bryant had to say after playing 41:03 of Game 5 (and then taking a long time afterward to lie on the training-room table for treatment on his sore back):

• “I feel OK. It feels really, really tight right now.”
• “I knew I wasn’t 100 percent healthy, so I wanted to get us off to a good start — give us an emotional boost.”
• “It was better than I actually thought it was going to be. I was able to spin; I was able to slide defensively.”
• “There cannot be another level (of pain) after what I went through over there (in Game 4). That was the worst, most pain I’ve ever felt in a game.”

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