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Bryant downplays game trip to Colorado
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-01-12 08:46

Kobe Bryant has spent more time in Colorado than he would have liked the past two years, flying in and out dozens of times for hearings in the sexual assault case against him.


Minnesota Timberwolves guard Latrell Sprewell, left, reaches in to knock the ball away from Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant during the first quarter in Minneapolis Monday, Jan. 10, 2005. [AP]
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers star returns to the Rocky Mountain state for the first time since the case was dropped.

"Not a big deal to me," Bryant said Monday in Minnesota. "Done with it. Not a big deal to me, bro."

What Bryant went through during the past 18 months certainly was a big deal.

Bryant was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his room at a Vail-area hotel where she worked in June 2003. The case was about to go to trial when prosecutors dropped the felony sexual assault charge last Sept. 1 because the woman said she would no longer participate.

Bryant avoided a possible prison term, though he still faces a civil suit and repairing a severely tarnished image. It was an experience that forced Bryant to take a deep look at himself and his priorities.

"When I think about last season, I think about what a blessing it was to go through something like that," Bryant said. "I don't look at it as a curse. I look at it as a blessing. It got me close to God. God helps you and he carries you through many days.

"It feels like a burden, but there are many people in this world who have bigger crosses to bear. My wife's healthy, my daughter's healthy, my family's healthy. You've got to keep that in perspective."

Bryant has shown he can shake off outside distractions.

Last season, he played four times after spending the day in the courtroom and was stellar each time, hitting a game-winning shot at the buzzer to beat the Denver Nuggets and contributing a 42-point effort in the playoffs against San Antonio.

Bryant also shrugged off a media frenzy and plenty of boos last season in his first trip to Denver after he was accused of sexual assault, finishing with 27 points.

Then again, Bryant always seems to play well against the Nuggets, no matter where they play.

He set the Pepsi Center record with 51 points in February 2003, a night after scoring 42 points against the Nuggets in Los Angeles, and started off this season with 25 points in an opening win against Denver. Last week, Bryant scored the first 14 points of the fourth quarter and 42 overall to lead the Lakers to a 99-91 victory.

In that game, Nuggets interim coach Michael Cooper reportedly told DerMarr Johnson to "lock him up" within earshot of Bryant, and later said he felt the Nuggets had done a good job keeping the Lakers star in check.

Bryant responded by telling The Los Angeles Times: "If that's keeping me in check, wait until next time."

Even without the extra incentive, the Nuggets know it isn't going to be easy.

"Kobe is a great player," Johnson said. "You can't guard him by yourself. You need help. He's got too many moves."



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