Earl Boykins Makes Splash, Quells Doubts With Dissecting of Lakers

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LOS ANGELES -- Earl Boykins is still around. He's still sometimes mistaken for a ball boy. He still can completely disappear when a center sets a pick.



But just in case there was anybody who forgot Boykins is still in the NBA, he reminded them Tuesday.



The 5-foot-5 Boykins, the second-shortest player in NBA history, scored 22 points in a 98-79 rout of the Lakers at the Staples Center. That was one more point than Lakers star Kobe Bryant or anybody else managed in the game, and the best outing by Boykins in more than 3 ½ years.



"The doubters are always going to be there,'' Boykins said when asked if it was a reminder to some he still can play. "Even after (Tuesday), somebody will say, 'That's only one game.' So the doubters are always there. I don't even worry about it.''



Boykins has heard the doubters all his life, and from NBA folks since he first tried to make the league in 1998 after being undrafted out of Eastern Michigan. But in recent years doubters have been heard for reasons other than the guard's size.

 

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