Questions About Bryant's Battered Body Remain Entering Game 2

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LOS ANGELES -- If Kobe Bryant is still standing in mid-June, his fifth trophy held in his hurting hand and his march to match Michael Jordan's six titles still on track, this is one championship that won't have been won on his Atlas-like back.



It's his middle finger that will have carried the weight of his world.



And that, make no mistake, would be perfectly poetic.



There is a quiet skepticism surrounding Bryant once again, the kind of doubt that has always inspired him to raise the most rude of his five digits. But the questions this time around have nothing to do with trusting teammates or cooperating with his coach.



It's all about Father Time, about his knee, his ankle tendon, his finger.



His humanity.



Can he lead the Lakers to 15 more wins with this battered body of his? The question remains unanswered entering Game 2.

 

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