Lakers Getting Healthy
If so, it will be just the fourth time all season that Bryant, Gasol, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Steve Blake will all be in the lineup on the same night.
All five practiced with the team on Thursday, and Mike D'Antoni thinks both Bryant and Gasol be available to face the Wizards. The coach said Bryant will "be ready," despite some continued and expected soreness, and confirmed that as long as Gasol doesn't feel any unexpected additional pain on Friday morning, he'll play as well.