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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Although Russell Westbrook grew up watching Kobe Bryant sink innumerable enormous shots for the Lakers, the Los Angeles native didnt worry when No. 24 had the ball with the game on the line against his Oklahoma City Thunder.Ive got confidence in the people that we have on our team to lock in at the end, Westbrook said.Thanks to Westbrooks offence and just enough defence on Bryants last shot, the Thunder won without Kevin Durant.Westbrook scored 31 points and hit a key jumper with 38 seconds left, and Oklahoma City overcame the NBA MVPs absence for a 104-103 victory Friday night.Bryant missed a 17-foot jumper right before the buzzer, the culmination of his 3-for-15 shooting night under the defence of Andre Roberson and his teammates.Reggie Jackson scored 25 points and hit the go-ahead free throws with 1:05 left for the Thunder, who persevered down the stretch for their eighth victory in nine games.We did a lot of good things tonight, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. We had opportunities to defend, and everybody stepped up. We have a team full of defenders, and everyone has to do their job.Especially without Durant, who sat out after spraining his right ankle in the first half of the Thunders loss at Golden State on Thursday night. Although Durants X-rays were negative and the sprain was mild, Oklahoma City elected to be cautious with its superstar, who only made his season debut in early December after surgery on a broken right foot.After Westbrook put the Thunder up 104-101 in the final minute, Jeremy Lin hit a jumper with 32 seconds left. Westbrook missed a shot to set up the Lakers final shot, but Bryants jumper clanged off the rim.Bryant said he got the shot he wanted, but couldnt decide whether to try to draw contact.I didnt have my legs tonight, Bryant said. It was pretty frustrating. Ive got to figure it out. Its kind of hit-and-miss. Some games its there, and some games its not. Ive just got to keep trying different things to get the proper rest.Bryant had nine points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Lakers, who had won three of four. He put the Lakers up 99-98 with 2:36 left on a gorgeous fall-away jumper, but it was his only basket of the fourth quarter, where he went 1 for 5.Ed Davis had a season-high 18 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers.After Ronnie Price scored 11 points for the Lakers in the first 5 1/2 minutes, Westbrook led the Thunder back with 21 points in the first half, including 13 free throws without a miss.___TIP-INSThunder: Durant has missed 18 games this season after missing just 16 in his first seven NBA seasons combined. ... Jackson converted a four-point play in the third quarter. ...Serge Ibaka scored 16 points.Lakers: Coach Byron Scott voiced pregame support for Lin, who lost his starting job and entered this game in a shooting slump. Scott says Lin has to stop thinking so much ... but I think it will start clicking for him pretty soon. ... The Lakers honoured Bryant before the game for passing Michael Jordan and moving into third place on the NBAs career scoring list during their recent road trip. Bryant was joined by his wife and daughters on the court. ... The Lakers have lost 14 of 18 to the Thunder.TOSSED OUTNick Young was ejected with 11:24 to play after he retaliated to contact from Steven Adams with a forearm and elbow to the throat of the Oklahoma City centre. Young said Adams is a sneaky, dirty player, but Young also blamed himself for the ejection, saying he lost my mind a little bit, checked into the crazy house and got back out. Young had 10 points before his ejection. He was doing his job. He got me kicked out of the game. Thats what they put him in the game to do, Young said.UP NEXTThunder: Host New Orleans on Sunday.Lakers: At Sacramento on Sunday. 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Hamels threw seven sharp innings to earn his 100th career victory, Domonic Brown had a career-best five RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-1 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak.SAN FRANCISCO -- Wide receiver Mario Manningham is back for the San Francisco 49ers, activated Monday from the physically unable to perform list and available for Sundays home game against the Carolina Panthers. The 49ers, 6-2 and riding a five-game winning streak following the bye week, also waived cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and activated cornerback Eric Wright from the reserve/non-football injury list. Manningham made 42 receptions for 449 yards and one touchdown in 12 games and 10 starts last season before injuring his left knee in a loss at Seattle Dec.dddddddddddd 23. He underwent reconstructive surgery to repair torn anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligaments. He has been practicing for two weeks and the Niners had until Tuesday to decide whether to add him to the 53-man roster from the PUP list. ' ' '